Autumn poetry-OctPoWriMo Day 5

The wind is taking on a chillier bent. Leaves are rushing to change. People are having pumpkin flavored everything and the Halloween decorations are going up. It's that autumn time of year.

Fall is also the time for harvest when the fruit of labor pops up to nourish our lands. Sunlight shortens and the nights grow longer.

Autumn itself can symbolize the melancholy of change, growing older and even death. There's also the new beginnings that start as well- school sessions, sports beginning to play in the Fall, the fun of Halloween. So many options to chose from.

There's such a beautiful dichotomy of renewal and death. Poets have been using autumn for creative fodder for years. Some classics are John Keats: 'To Autumn' and Robert Frost: 'Gathering Leaves.'

Poetry Prompt:

Here's your challenge (if you chose to accept it): Write a poem influenced by your feelings about autumn. Do you see autumn as a beginning or the beginning of the end?  Chose at least three from this list of words below.

The words:
                              chill
                              renewal
                              death
                              rebirth
                              harvest
                              melancholy
                              aging
                              change

Day 5 is here! Are you ready to write?

Share your poetry with us by linking up. Make sure you visit your neighbors one or two before and after. If you are last on the list go back to the beginning of the list. If you are the first few on the list please go back to the day before and visit the last on the list if you haven't already. Have fun!

1.	Georgia @ Bastet and Sekhmet's Library	19.	Julie Jordan Scott	37.	Christine
2.	viv blake	20.	Diary of a Writerbee	38.	Leslye "Lita" Wilson - "Autumn's Sonnet"
3.	shilyot	21.	Australia-S. Elle Cameron	39.	shape shifter
4.	zoe- deadly nitrates	22.	Pegasus	40.	Esther Jones - Fire and Blood
5.	Lizzi - Bleeding Skies	23.	Cara	41.	Amy McGrath
6.	Angela van Son	24.	Payal Agarwal	42.	Cheryl
7.	jazzytower	25.	Melanie Bishop	43.	Shan Jeniah Burton
8.	Tolu Oloruntoba	26.	Matthias	44.	Wanda Olugbala
9.	Georgia @ Bastet and Sekhmet's Library	27.	Diana-Drift of Bubbles	45.	Philomel Chowdhury
10.	Laura A. Lord - To the Brother I Never Knew	28.	Rod E. Kok	46.	The Fall of Autumn(HtM)
11.	Lady Whispers	29.	DesireeG	47.	Jennifer Cunningham
12.	Helena from Team Netherworld	30.	Stronger & Reborn	48.	Michelle Liew
13.	Vinay Leo R.	31.	Tamara (@ PenPaperPad)	49.	Steph
14.	SourgirlOhio	32.	Lance Smith - Get a Grip	50.	Sunita-Where is my Space!
15.	AC Elliott	33.	Art Speaks	51.	Tressa
16.	Fida	34.	Dawn D	52.	Anna Stewart
17.	Changes	35.	Deborah	53.	Maria Stepek Doherty
18.	To Claim my Name	36.	Cindy Scott	54.	Grace and Mystery

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Tamara Woods was raised (fairly happily) in West Virginia, where she began writing poetry at the age of 12. She shares poetry and short stories on her blog PenPaperPad, is a contributing writer for the online ‘zineLefty Pop and writes articles as a full-time freelance writer. She is editor for an upcoming poetry journal collaboration, and hosts #writestuff TweetChat where writers talk about writing. She is a hillbilly hermit in Honolulu living with her Mathmagician.