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“We rub the hulls smooth with cloth”
Perennial
by Annette Sisson
“Before night shambles through ash wood”
Before nightfall
by Annette Sisson
“My mother gathered buckets of persimmons”
Persimmon Winter
by Annette Sisson
“The hummingbirds at the glass feeder have migrated”
Autumn Fleeting
by Annette Sisson
Pathway Filled With Withered Leaves ~ Vienna ~ Austria ~ by Simon Berger
"The air, sweetened by jazz"
Café du Monde, New Orleans
by Michael Escoubas
"Against a grey sky"
November
by Dan Fitzgerald
"Cradle newly fallen leaves in your hands"
Newly Fallen (for Joe)
by Gloria Viglione
"Their silhouettes drift and whisper to the wind’s lullaby"
I Wish I Knew How to Paint Happiness
by W. Wayne Lin
Alley in Park in Autumn ~ by Azeen Shah
"The wind ushers in the equinox with a murmured hymn"
Mid-autumn
by Sharmagne Leland-St.John
"Tumble-down leaves, colors waiting for a poet to name them"
Apparitions Defiant
by David Matthews
"Denuded limbs"
Wordless
by Marcel Aime Duclos
"Leaves trickle down from treetops"
Notable November
by Gay Williford
"Omens of winter’s coming"
Whispered Breath of Autumn
by Dan Fitzgerald
"We miss all the whispers"
Do you hear?
by Lenora Rain-Lee Good
"Red and yellow leaves slowly glissade"
Komorebi
by Vaughn Neeld
"I wished my offspring’s teens would quickly pass"
Chapters in Life
by MFrostDelaney
"A vine that climbs around a garden post"
Augury
by Bob Moore
Poetry Prompt For December 2025
The most beautiful red autumn forest in the world~ by Sanghyun Jeong
"We hold these childhood memories dear"
Autumnal Equinox/Winter Solstice
by Sharmagne Leland-St.John
"Light breaking through tall birches and elms"
Stream in Autumn
by Michael Escoubas
"Lone nighthawk bids the night farewell"
always an invitation
by Marcel Aime Duclos
"Stark black trunks contrast sharply with the colorful leafy canopies"
Colorful Goodbye
by Gay Williford
"A silent breeze claims another leaf"
Sunday In November
by Dan Fitzgerald
"The sun hangs low, turns leaves"
Sunset Road
by Lenora Rain-Lee Good
"Before each maple leaf floats free"
Autumn’s Peak
by Paulette Demers Turco
"Winds still whisper"
Autumn’s Call
by Priscilla Turner Spada
Ekphrastic Prompt for December 2025
Autumn Composition~ by Lukas Starky 
Message in a Bottle:
Poets Respond to Hopeful Communication
Editors: Mary Beth Bretzlauf, William T. Carey, Jennifer Dotson, Irene Hoffman, Julie Isaacson,
Jen Meyer & Marjorie Rissman
Reviewed by Michael Escoubas
Cello Music
by Mervyn Linford
Reviewed by Neil Leadbeater
Turning Back to Her Love Pages
Poems, by Judy Lorenzen
Reviewed by Michael Escoubas
A Pathway with Trees ~ Lahti ~ Finland
~ by Hert Niks
Publisher: Myanmar Refugee Education Fund
Lin Lae Lae La: Selected Poems
by Maung Sein Win
Publisher: Pinyon Publishing
Good Ash: Poems
by Kika Dorsey
Pumpkin Cream Served on White Cloth ~ by Garolina Grabowska
Great dinner party treat
Stuffed Mini Pumpkins
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St.John
Perfect Thanksgiving dessert!
Apple Tart
from the kitchens of Lindsey Drew and Sharmagne Leland-St. John
Oldies but Goodies
Chestnut Soup
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St. John
Pumpkin Mashed Potatoes
from the winter kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St. John
Cranberry Ice
from the kitchen of Elizabeth Caldwell Watson of Jacksonport, AR., born in 1839,
Autumn Scenery with Dirt Road and Trees ~ by Arina Krasnikova
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