Nov
2018
Poetry Friday: A cherita for fall
Fall is my favorite time of the year. As usual, it is a busy season, but I love nothing better than to take a deep breath of cool, crisp air and admire the show Mother Nature puts on. Here is my attempt at a cherita. (If you want to read some excellent cheritas, head over to Diane Mayr’s blog Random Noodling.
A crisp wind blows
Forest pulls on her
coat of many colors
Then shrugs it off
as leaves do-si-do
against an azure sky
Each Friday, I am excited to take part in Poetry Friday, where writers share their love of all things poetry. Michelle H Barnes hosts the Poetry Friday Roundup today at Today’s Little Ditty. She provides a diary of her week through poetry–and no, i don’t think she’s a basket case at all. These poems are spot on for this week. Hurry over and check out all the poetry morsels offered up today.
Laura Shovan
November 15, 2018 at 11:06 pm (5 years ago)I love that you used a specific dance here – do-si-do. It made me wonder about the origins of the word/phrase. Turns out it’s from the French phrase for “back to back”!
Mrs. McGriff
November 16, 2018 at 10:39 am (5 years ago)Thank you, Laura–especially for teaching me some word history! Of course, my first association with do-si-do (after the dance step) is Girls Scout cookies!
Susan Bruck
November 12, 2018 at 12:46 am (5 years ago)Such fun and lovely imagery–you perfectly describe a windy fall day. Thanks for sharing it!
Mrs. McGriff
November 16, 2018 at 10:38 am (5 years ago)Thanks, Susan!
Robyn Hood Black
November 11, 2018 at 9:35 pm (5 years ago)Square-dancing leaves! So warm and cheerful, Kay – and very welcome in a weary world. Thank you for sharing!
Mrs. McGriff
November 16, 2018 at 10:38 am (5 years ago)Thank you, Robyn!
Alan Wright
November 9, 2018 at 7:03 pm (5 years ago)Great imagery employed in your poem Kay. Enjoyed your Cherita. Having recently dabbled in this form, it was great to see more. Love Autumn and the colours it so graciously delivers.
Mrs. McGriff
November 10, 2018 at 1:05 pm (5 years ago)Thanks, Alan. I’m enjoying exploring this form. Diane makes it look so easy, but as with much poetry, what looks effortless when finished hides the work that went into it.
Linda M.
November 9, 2018 at 6:32 pm (5 years ago)I do like those do-si-doing leaves. Wonderful happy dance for a Friday.
Mrs. McGriff
November 10, 2018 at 1:04 pm (5 years ago)Thanks, Linda. We could use some happy dance this week.
Carol Varsalona
November 9, 2018 at 5:02 pm (5 years ago)I enjoyed your cherita, Kay, and want to place it in the gallery. Is that fine with you? We have had some chilly winds that whooshed the leaves of the branches but other ones are hanging on. In fact, I was thinking that earlier and photographed a small tree that is still grabbing its leaves despite the do-si-dos.(wonderful choice of words)
Mrs. McGriff
November 10, 2018 at 1:04 pm (5 years ago)Thanks, Carol. My plan is to send it to you for the fall gallery. I just haven’t had time to check and adjust the size. There may be more coming, too!
Michelle Heidenrich Barnes
November 9, 2018 at 4:11 pm (5 years ago)The best kind of happy dance, that leaf do-si-do! Just what I needed to draw me out of my basket. Thanks, Kay! 🙂
Mrs. McGriff
November 10, 2018 at 1:03 pm (5 years ago)Thanks, Michelle. Based on the poems you shared this week, your basket isn’t a bad place to hang out–at least it helps us get through a difficult week.
jama
November 9, 2018 at 12:06 pm (5 years ago)So lovely! Love those leaves do-si-do – ing :).
Mrs. McGriff
November 10, 2018 at 1:03 pm (5 years ago)Thanks, Jama. I love watching the leaves spin and twirl even though I’ll miss their colorl
Tabatha
November 9, 2018 at 11:07 am (5 years ago)I love how Poetry Friday poems and forms cross-pollinate and we find the honey all over!
Our trees haven’t shrugged their coat off yet…I hope they hang on a little longer!
Mrs. McGriff
November 10, 2018 at 1:02 pm (5 years ago)Me, too, Tabatha. I learn so much from this poetry community–it sure is sweet!
Linda Baie
November 9, 2018 at 10:57 am (5 years ago)Wonderful, Kay. I love the idea of those leaves doing a ‘do-si-do’. Ours are nearly finished with dancing (except for the oaks who hold on) and even the clean-up is close to done. Happy November!
Mrs. McGriff
November 10, 2018 at 1:02 pm (5 years ago)Thanks, Linda. Happy November to you, too! Our leaves are falling quickly, but the clean up is just beginning in earnest.
Irene Latham
November 9, 2018 at 10:47 am (5 years ago)Kay, this is beautiful – both the pulling on and shrugging off. Thank you!
Mrs. McGriff
November 10, 2018 at 1:01 pm (5 years ago)Thanks, Irene. One of the things I love about fall is the pull between beginning and ending, putting things on and off
Michelle Kogan
November 9, 2018 at 12:51 am (5 years ago)What an enchanting fall poem Kay, I love your
“leaves do-si-do
against an azure sky”
Sounds like it was painted there–your image pulls you right in too, thanks!
Mrs. McGriff
November 10, 2018 at 1:01 pm (5 years ago)Thanks, Michelle. The leaves have been doing much do-si-doing this week with all the wind.