NOVEMBER GIFT • by Jennifer Stakes

Days of rain washed sluicing
monotones, vertical film-grain
leaching hues.  Fog-wrapped
trees draw grey limbs closer;
leaves shiver from wet-weight
boughs.


Drone of tyres on drowning
highway, footsteps drag in
leaf-muffled paths.  Dank shrouded
wind percolates unwelcome,
seeping to flesh through wool wrapped
layers.


Dawn pales.  And lifts through warmth-
tinted cirrus.  Leaves are drenched with gold-
dipped light.  Low-angled
beams hang rich, luxurious,
etching blades through breath-soft
mist.

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Jennifer Stakes studied Medieval History at Edinburgh and Bristol Universities and now lives in Washington DC. She has managed to find some decent tea but misses Jaffa Cakes.

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Posted on November 1, 2010 in Literary
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13 Responses to “NOVEMBER GIFT • by Jennifer Stakes”


  1. Oonah V Joslin Says:
    November 1st, 2010 at 4:16 am

    A very nice November Gift for our SECOND BIRTHDAY :)

  2. Fehmida Says:
    November 1st, 2010 at 4:50 am

    Good one Jen :)

  3. Roberta SchulbergGoro Says:
    November 1st, 2010 at 5:44 am

    Very beautiful succession of images through the time of a storm.

  4. jennifer walmsley Says:
    November 1st, 2010 at 7:59 am

    Loved this Jen. Felt the chill of autumn and its fading colours.

  5. Sandra Crook Says:
    November 1st, 2010 at 8:10 am

    Very atmospheric. Liked ‘leaching hues’. A good piece.

  6. Jennifer Stakes Says:
    November 1st, 2010 at 2:34 pm

    Thanks for all your votes and comments. Happy birthday EDP!

  7. mark dalligan Says:
    November 1st, 2010 at 3:48 pm

    Liked the colour of autumn emerging from its companion bleakness.

    Cheers

    Mark

  8. rumjhum biswas Says:
    November 1st, 2010 at 9:54 pm

    This is a very November poem. And even though I live at the other end of teh world, I can relate to these vivid images. Great read Jennifer!

  9. Mike Close Says:
    November 1st, 2010 at 10:37 pm

    Very nice Jen. Good visuals and a soothing quiet feel. I’m all ready for the warm fire and hot cocoa.

    :)

  10. Joan Ryder Says:
    November 3rd, 2010 at 4:47 am

    Lovely images, Jen! I like the hyphenated words too.

  11. Juan Says:
    November 5th, 2010 at 8:02 pm

    Wonderfully evocative and rhythmic. I love the line breaks, and even the spacing of words to create a visual ‘beam’ in the last stanza. Great poem.

  12. Kevin Michael Wehle Says:
    November 9th, 2010 at 3:59 pm

    You have somew great images in this poem. I realy enjoyed reading it! :)

  13. Roberta SchulbergGoro Says:
    November 18th, 2010 at 9:40 am

    The alliteration adds to the beauty of this poem.

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