Autumn Revelry

The Fairies Banquet, 1859
John Anster Fitzgerald (1823-1906)

My banners hung. Fruit crown in hair. The brassy fanfare of leaves introduces honored guests to my most regal seasonal affair. Salmon run sunsets and a calligraphy of flower stems invites us to reflect, as sunlight dims to dining tables, candlelit. Come chinwaggers, sit. Enjoy the harvest of lushness. The rustling tide of leaves make way for the harmonic sounds of the first freeze. Strut in with black tie and fitted velvet dress to join the yearly rut.

Reap tender gladness;

to fall from such a great height,

a backend banquet.

dVerse | Haibun Monday: aki no koe (Autumn’s Voice)

32 responses to “Autumn Revelry”

Ron.

BLAMMOgood, K.

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1. K.Hartless
  
  Thank you. 🧚‍♀️
  
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Jane Dougherty

Those days really are luscious and fruitful. I hope you enjoy them for a bit longer!

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1. K.Hartless
  
  Thank you, Jane. I hope the same, but the silver bells are starting to dot the lawn, and so I am grateful for this long fall and ready to toast this season.
  
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  1. Jane Dougherty
    
    Our autumn has turned to rain. It’s needed so I won’t complain. No frosts yet though.
    
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  2. K.Hartless
    
    Today, was almost prison-like here. I hope like Frederick the field mouse I’ve absorbed enough colors to make it through.
    
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  3. Jane Dougherty
    
    We had five months without a drop of rain. All we did was worry about how parched everything was. We’ve had two and a half days of rain now and we’re tearing our hair. And we laugh at the attention span of goldfish!
    
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  4. K.Hartless
    
    There’s nothing to get me down more than an all-day downpour. But, I keep my shelves well-stocked for this occasions. Books infinitely better than umbrellas to help me get where I want to go.
    
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  5. Jane Dougherty
    
    I don’t mind the actual downpour as long as I’m warm, but I do hate having dogs bouncing about needing to let off steam but refusing to set paw outside because it’s wet.
    
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  6. K.Hartless
    
    So like my children. 🤣
    
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  7. Jane Dougherty
    
    Ha ha! Done that, been there etc etc.
    
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kim881

I enjoyed your autumn revelry, the ‘brassy fanfare of leaves’, ‘salmon run sunsets and ‘harmonic sounds of the first freeze’. What a banquet!

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1. K.Hartless
  
  Thank you, Kim. It’s my favorite season and I do find it the most royal. I appreciate your kind comments.
  
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  1. kim881
    
    It’s my favourite too – and you are more than welcome.
    
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  2. SoundEagle 🦅ೋღஜஇ
    
    Dear Kay,
    
    I would like to inform you that I have responded with a bespoke reply to your lovely comment that you submitted to my post entitled “A September to Remember: Greeting Post-Pandemic and Post-Elizabethan Age with Sapphires, Asters, Poems and Songs“.
    
    May you enjoy the coming weekend!
    
    Yours sincerely,
    SoundEagle
    
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2. SoundEagle 🦅ೋღஜஇ
  
  Dear Kay,
  
  I concur with Kim. This is such a fabulously sumptuous feast of words and imageries to describe the most glorious autumn gaiety born of your literary harvest!
  
  Thank you for composing this latest post of yours entitled “Autumn Revelry” as we enjoy the final month of autumn in November.
  
  Wishing you and Kim a productive November and a wonderful week doing or enjoying whatever that satisfies you the most, whether intellectually, artistically, physically or spiritually, including composing more excellent poems and posts for us to savour!
  
  Yours sincerely,
  SoundEagle
  
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Tom

Enchanting piece, K – can smell the magic in the air. Perfect choice of artwork to complete it! 🙂

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1. K.Hartless
  
  Thank you, Tom. I found that afterwards, on a whim. But I think it provides even more to write about. I’m so glad you enjoyed my fanfare. The season ends here, almost overnight.
  
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beth

love this!

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1. K.Hartless
  
  Thank you, Beth. Cheers to a festive week filled with celebration.
  
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  1. beth
    
    thank you so much
    
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Linda Lee Lyberg

What a feast for the senses!

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1. K.Hartless
  
  Thank you. I hope fall’s exuberance shines through this feast of words.
  
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  1. Linda Lee Lyberg
    
    Absolutely. 🥰
    
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Colleen M. Chesebro

I feel the magic from your words. This is a magnificent feast, K.

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Björn Rudberg (brudberg)

Those wonderful days are all in the past now… thank you for the reminder.

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1. K.Hartless
  
  Thank you , Björn. I love how the autumn lingers in Virginia. A playful time of year, but it is ending here as well. Today, the colors were washed out.
  
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Rosemary Nissen-Wade

What a gorgeous ekphrastic!

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Jeff Flesch

The transition from fall to winter, beautifully expressed.

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1. K.Hartless
  
  Thank you. It’s a somber sort of celebration here, but a moment to be grateful. I hope your holiday weekend has been full of warmth.💜
  
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  1. Jeff Flesch
    
    You’re welcome. Always. Ah, I see, thank you for sharing that with me. Gratefulness applies, always, something I always have to remind myself of. Thank you for that. It’s been a wonderful trip to the coast. Stunningly beautiful, and quiet. 💜
    
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