{"id":66605,"date":"2011-10-04T10:57:59","date_gmt":"2011-10-04T14:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/66605\/leaves-fall-cpc-triple-crown-challenge\/"},"modified":"2011-10-04T10:57:59","modified_gmt":"2011-10-04T14:57:59","slug":"leaves-fall-cpc-triple-crown-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/66605\/leaves-fall-cpc-triple-crown-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"WITHIN THE LEAVES OF FALL — CPC “Triple Crown Challenge”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Autumn Reflections” by Colleen M. Breuning \u00a9 2011<\/font><\/p>\n

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WITHIN THE LEAVES OF FALL<\/strong><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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I hear the eloquent sounds<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

of changes in the air,<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

leaves of gold and crimson<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

pirouetting to the ground.<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

I hear the sound of Nature’s soul,<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

velvet moss clinging to the trees,<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

afternoon gradually fading<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

into the cool of this autumn night.<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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I hear the sun as it dances<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

upon the edge of the day,<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

the evening shadows<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

across the pond,<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

the only prevailing vestige<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

of this autumn afternoon.<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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I can’t help but hear the voice<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

of Nature as she sings,<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

transfixed by what I hear,<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

my senses stirred once more,<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

within the translucent twilight glow,<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

of this majestic evening epiphany.<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

And as the leaves of autumn<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

float silently from the trees,<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

and alight there at my feet,<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

for just a moment<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

I close my eyes and dream<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

within the warmth of the fading sun,<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

in the midst of autumn splendor,<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

faint breezes of evening<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

soothing the ragged edges<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

of emotions tugging at my heart<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

and burning deep within my soul.<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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And I marvel once again<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

at how each falling leaf foretells<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

the fallow days of winter<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

and what is yet to come.<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

As I hear the whisper of the wind<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

in the silence of the leaves<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

as they begin to fall,<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

blanketing this autumn canvas<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

in a cloak of crimson and gold.<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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(c) barbara kausteklis 10-3-11<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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Written for CPC “Triple Crown Challenge ~ with Colleen B.”<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.friendburst.com\/blog\/65762\/triple-crown-challenge-colleen-2\/<\/em><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Thanks always for visiting and commenting.<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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Big Hugs.<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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~barb~<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 “Autumn Reflections” by Colleen M. Breuning \u00a9 2011 \u00a0 WITHIN THE LEAVES OF FALL \u00a0 I hear the eloquent sounds of changes in the air, leaves of gold and crimson pirouetting to the ground. I hear the sound of Nature’s soul, velvet moss clinging to the trees, afternoon gradually fading into the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[837,29],"tags":[63,159,4,3749],"class_list":["post-66605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nature-2","category-poems","tag-barbara-k","tag-cpc","tag-poetry","tag-triple-crown-challenge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66605\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}