Dictionary.com’s word-of-the-day yesterday: “atrabilious”, an adjective meaning gloomy, morose, melancholy, morbid; irritable, bad-tempered; splenetic. It could well describe me, who is glooming for lack of poetic inspiration. However, a Prompt a Day gives us the phrase “Take it Easy” to start us off. So that’s what I’ve been doing. It’s not working. A gloomy tanka for you.
Leaves are yellowing
early on the apple tree
scatter on the lawn
fallen spirit of Autumn
prematurely lowers mood
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Hugs, Viv xx
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our summer has been dismal and the leaves have been sporting fall colours since mid July. sigh.
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When do you move South?
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Nov 1st. G has surgery in mid Sept so want to get that sorted first
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I hope the surgery and the move go well.
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I can understand why it would…too soon for summer to be ending, I think.
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I think you might be glooming your way to some great poetry
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I love autumn but mourn the lack of daylight too. It’s hard to get excited in the winter of our lives.
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I hope to see a more cheerful creation soon, Viv. Just think of all the pears and apples and blackberries still to come!
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Sweet of you to cheer me up, Misk, but we have no pear tree, and the apples are small and scabrous. I’m looking forward to bramble jelly, though.
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Some of my best friends are small and scabrous….
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