I don't write poetry, ever, but lately everything has been coming to me in poem form. So...I wrote this for class. Be nice to the non-poet, please...

Autumn Morning

Rebirth comes
not in
budding branches and
fresh new green

but in a
bold sudden
tympani of color,
russet and gold and flame.

Not in the
gentle warmth,
spreading slowly outward
after the thaw

but in the
crisp snap
of air made new,
respite from the heat.

That's rather haiku-ish.

Which is funny, considering that my prose pieces are long rambly things.

Poetry is fun. I wrote some after a long dry spell in writing nearly 20 years ago now. I may have to post it.

Hey, folks in the know...When one is submitting a non-fiction essay to online magazines, is it bad form to approach more than one at a time? Do I have to wait to get rejected by one to move onto the other?

Generally, yeah, unless you know for a fact they accept SS. What I do is rewrite significant sections, so I'm technically shopping different essays. Because I am mercenary.

but in a

bold sudden

tympani of color,

russet and gold and flame.

I adore the first three lines of this section, Steph - the 'tympani of color' wins a "oh, yeah, of course, that's what it's like except I've never used those words before" from me. I'd fool with the last line, though. It feels a little... mannered? It doesn't have the same flow.

I like it, though. It does a good job of evoking that first week of real chill, when it's still a new and fabulous thing.

Poetry is fun.

Sometimes. Sometimes it's just a job. And sometimes it's like bleeding from the eyes.

Very nice. I like both the phrasing and the concept.

Test for possible future poetry posting

Checking for line breaks.

edit: hmph. OK, how do you do line breaks? I checked the quick-edit.

Line breaks are made by hitting only one return at the end of a line, and putting < br > (w/o spaces) at the end of the line.

So this (w/o spaces in the brackets):

Here is < br >
how you < br >
do it.

Would look like this:

Here is
how you
do it.