Poets and artists published in Spectrum Online Edition: September Song are invited to read in the patio of Rosebud Coffee on 2302 E. Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena or at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, September 17th between 3 and 5 pm PDT.

Saturday, September 10, 2022

Shih-Fang Wang

September Song

Time shifts to September 

The flamboyant summer sun

Has aged by now 

Its oomph is waning

Heat dwindling 

Sharp sunbeams turn softer


Sky is lucid

Higher and bluer

Air fresher

With a touch of damp

Days are shorter

Nights darker


Nature starts to compose

Autumn poetry 

Rich in colors

Beautiful and sentimental 

Yet with shadows of sorrow 


Soon fall foliage will turn 

Lifeless and drop like rain

Grass dries out and wilts

Gilded with morning frost


Singing no more the birds

They fly south

Leaving autumn songs   

Merely sighs of wind




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