November with drooping russet leaves,
where whispers tousle their essence
remind of long-ago rooms.
Sweet is ache evermore
I reach for the sky
insert soft sigh
everything
was once
you.
Photo credits: Pixabay
Form: Nonet
Posted for Poems in April @ Real Toads
Very nice. Plush and as sharply bitter as gently sweet.
Thank you so much, Brendan 🙂 so glad you enjoyed it ❤️
Every line / word is beautiful, and I especially love “everything was once you”.
Thank you so much, Rosemary 😀 so good to see you ❤️
This is just perfect, Sanaa! I love the use of long ago rooms as a metaphor and the shape of the poem adds to the sense of something lost or left behind.
Aww gosh!❤️ Thank you so much, Kerry 😀 so glad you liked it!❤️
(and thank you for the lovely prompt)
Isn’t it strange how the smallest of things can bring back the largest memory. I, too, like the shape of your poem, I think of it as drifting in thought. 🙂
Definitely 😀 thanks for stopping by, Ellecee ❤️
Oh – this narrowed down in to something very special!
Thank you so much, Margaret 😀 so good to see you ❤️
Lovely, just lovely.
Thank you so much, Mary 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
You take my breath away!!
❤️❤️❤️
all drawn down to the point – lovely shape poem “tousle their essence”❤️
Thank you so much, Laura 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
Beautiful!
Thank you so much, MZ 😀 so good to see you ❤️
“Everything was once you.” How beautiful and sad.
Thank you so much, Sherry 🙂 so glad you liked it ❤️
I like the shape of your nonet, Sanaa, and especially love the wistfulness evoked by ‘November with drooping russet leaves’.
Thank you so much, Kim 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
Very romantic setting Sanaa
Much🌼love
Thank you so much, Gillena 😀 so good to see you ❤️
I love the look of this poem and the drooping russet leaves.
Thank you so much, Toni 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
This one mists the eyes and pauses the heart, Sanaa!
Thank you so much, Lynn 🙂 so glad you liked it ❤️
Radiantly done, Sanaa! Love the blend of your concrete design with the extended metaphor!
Thank you so much, Frank 😀 so glad you enjoyed it ❤️