ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

Hello, I'm new to this forum so hope the following poem conforms:

Autumn in the South

In April when the first cool days
Foretell of winter’s coming frost,
And waning sun’s soft golden rays
Shine weaker now that summer’s lost;
When morning mists in veils of grey
The trees along the river cloak,
Until the breezes blow away
The clinging mist like clouds of smoke.
Then under skies of palest blue,
In these clear days before the cold
The trees that shed their gowns bestrew
The fading green with flecks of gold.

© Dennis N. O'Brien, 2011, 2012.

G'day Dennis ,

welcome mate good to see you jump straight in , nice little bit of verse and yeah it conforms mate , it has rhyme ,it has metre and given that Autumn is in April it is at least in the Southern hemisphere so we will say it is about Australia well done mate hope to see more of your writings

Marty

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Campfires, good company and a few beverages under a night sky , it doesnt get any better than that

Oh I reckon we can live with it Dennis Welcome to the site, lovely to have you on board and we look forward to sharing more of your descriptive writings.

You'll do.

Cheers

Maureen

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To the home of a friend the way is never long
the welcome is always warm and the Billy always on.

Great work Dennis, very evocative.
Robyn

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Robyn Sykes, the Binalong Bard.

Lovely Dennis. It's a beautiful time of the year and you have captured it.

Welcome to the forum!

Heather

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Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,
but by the moments that take our breath away!

Good on you Dennis. Don't worry too much about conforming.

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Neville
Singleton Bush Poets.

Dennis don't you listen to Neville, he'll have you put in the naughty corner real quick!

Heather

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Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,
but by the moments that take our breath away!

Can i come out if Dennis is coming in ?????

Welcome mate good start and on the right track.


Bob

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The purpose in life is to have fun.
After you grasp that everything else seems insignificant !!!

Thanks to all above for the friendly welcome, I'll be posting a few more over the next little while so I'd better vet them to make sure I don't finish up in that "naughty corner".

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G'daay Dennis & welcome!
That's a lovely piece mate. BTW you have to try pretty hard to get elevated into the naughty corner...just ask Bobbity...

Cheeers
Glenny Palmer

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The purpose of my life is to serve as a warning to others.