Monday, March 4, 2024

slumbering through the seasons

when the autumn leaves fell
the trees slipped into a slumber
before winter sprinkled the mountains 
with snow white glaze

when spring flowers burst through
emerald grass we chased after 
butterflies into summer’s gaze 
that held us enthralled until 
she departed with twilight kisses


- Written for dVerse Quadrille #196 - Let's have a Sumber Party! with today's word "slumber".  

26 comments:

  1. Spring's twilight kisses ... how incredibly beautiful!

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  2. Wonderful flow of the seasons.

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  3. Beautifully portrayed and rendered! :D

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  4. Enjoyed every word of this, but this stood out for me: "summer’s gaze
    that held us enthralled" --- brilliant!

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  5. You captured all the seasons so nicely, well done!

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  6. I love the use of sibilance in your quadrille, Maria, which gives it a sparkle, and the contrast of ‘snow white gaze’ with ‘butterflies into summer’s gaze’.

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  7. Wonderful description of season... I see a common theme here.

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    1. Yes, this theme seemed quite popular with this prompt. Thanks for reading Bjorn.

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  8. Arcadia, there is a beautiful flow to your words and love the theme and imagery.

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  9. What a lovely ending..."departing with twilight kisses".

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  10. Lovely passing of the seasons--"departing with twilight kisses."

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  11. Love the season's images specially: before winter sprinkled the mountains
    with snow white glaze

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  12. I love your journey through the seasons.πŸ‚❄️🌸🌻

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