Today at Real Toads we have a prompt from Flash 55 Plus to write a poem in 55 words – our choice of subject or, the Optional Plus prompt using the artwork of Erte for inspiration. Follow this link to learn more of this prolific Art Deco Artist: https://www.wikiart.org/en/erte this link to read poem submitted by the poets of Real Toads: http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2017/08/flash-55-plus.html
Autumn Song
“Listen: Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time.” Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse Five
I went to sleep in summer
and awakened in autumn.
at night the cicadas clickclackthrum
rising and falling.
it is still hot, lord knows
but this morning was cool –
the day smells of dried grasses
and early fallen leaves clustered around
the bottom of the oak tree.
Autumn is beginning to stir –
to awaken.
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