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  1. Parker Owens

    September Sun

    Parker Owens commented on Parker Owens's story chapter in September Sun

    As the leaves fall, and the trees bare themselves before the coming cold, I can only hope and trust that spring will return, and that I might be there to witness it again. Thanks very much for reading!
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    To the Sun September sun, shine down upon the field and garden which your kindliness makes green wherein the tastes of summer days are sealed enough to make a wintry mortal keen when February’s chilly arms embrace the hill and forest in its icy sheen, remember us, in dreams of Queen Anne’s lace through endless nights the spirit may corrode and from each countenance a smile erase, avow to them who strive against the goad or shiver as t
  3. Parker Owens

    Late August

    Parker Owens commented on Parker Owens's story chapter in Late August

    I used indents in this case at the suggestion of @AC Benus. Each indent calls attention to an antecedent in a less-indented section. Is it a dark art? I’m not sure. Would it sound differently to the ear unindented? I think you may be right.
  4. Parker Owens
    Thank you! It’s good of you to have given this one a go. If you could see and hear and feel as I did in this poem, then it was a worthwhile experiment.
  5. Parker Owens
    I’m really glad the message came through the rhythm and rhyme. Thanks very much for trying this experiment out.
  6. Parker Owens
    Thanks. I’m glad you think it worked.
  7. Parker Owens
    Thank you for gauging this trial form. I love interlocking patterns, but this one proved tricky to complete. I will try another one.
  8. Parker Owens
    Coming on Autumn These latter days when katydids still croon their songs beneath the sparkling skies, reminding us of endings, all too soon, unraveling of that which ties us bound to this, our comforting cocoon, we wait the final act while life remains intact. And as I ponder this, I realize no fervent wish would I retract, nor disavow those dreams that some despise, to see again the light diffract upon your frame in ways
  9. Parker Owens
    You’re very kind in your comments. Easy melancholy is an apt description for the overall tone of this group. I hope they grow on you. Many thanks for reading.
  10. Parker Owens
    I’m glad these speak to you, and I join you in lamenting the loss of a friend. Distress is written about just such a hurt. The thought that you would re-read these is wonderful encouragement. Thank you.
  11. Parker Owens
    You’re most welcome. Thanks for reading!
  12. Parker Owens
    Thank you for reading these. You’re right, my dad was a wonderful man. He taught me tons of life lessons without explicitly doing so. Distress speaks to a wound that is still unhealed, a hurt that I may have caused. I grieve about it still. Thanks again.
  13. Parker Owens
    Relations Families are like an old attic where sepia toned memories lie asleep where afternoon explorers unpack them, unfold them and shake out their wrinkles to laughter before they’re discarded. Transformation On what day did I become my Dad; take on his rolling, stoop-shouldered gait, or match his raspy voice which yet crooned boyhood songs to children both amused and tolerant, a greying artifact
  14. Parker Owens

    en pointe

    Parker Owens commented on Mikiesboy's story chapter in en pointe

    My heart and hugs go out to you.
  15. Parker Owens
    You’re very welcome. The smiles these poems bring to you warm me too, like the sun. Thanks very much for reading them, and for your comments.
  16. Parker Owens
    Thank you very much for your kindness in responding to these two. For now, I’m glad of the change to cooler temperatures. Come January, I’ll be wishing I had bottled some of these days so they could be opened and re-enjoyed, like a fine wine.
  17. Parker Owens
    I’m glad these were perfect for your day.
  18. Parker Owens
    In the middle of that hot, humid spell, I couldn’t write a thing. When the heat finally broke, the words began to trickle again.
  19. Parker Owens

    Late August

    Parker Owens commented on Parker Owens's story chapter in Late August

    I’m delighted you liked that first image, and the last one, too. That moon was etched in my visual memory for weeks.
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    I’m delighted you found them. I hope the colors haven’t faded.
  21. Parker Owens
    I’m very glad you felt it. That makes me smile.
  22. Parker Owens
    Your description of asters covered in bees made me wish I had been there too. Meadows are wonderful, deeply satisfying places, at least to me. Thank you for commenting on these.
  23. Parker Owens
    Weather Report Weathermen have said it’s gonna steam and parboil flowers and fauna, over-bright and hot and sweltry, perspiration on our peltry, turning shade a different color – brighter, yet a little duller – cooking insects, crisping grasses, sunshine like a thousand brasses, followed by some evening lightning; thunderclaps both loud and frightening, after which, some rains torrential should make streams more consequential,
  24. Parker Owens
    Welcome to GA. I’m glad you joined!
  25. Parker Owens

    Late August

    Parker Owens commented on Parker Owens's story chapter in Late August

    You’re very welcome for this recollection of autumn’s onset. There’s technically still a week of summer yet, but fall is definitely a reality now, whatever the calendar may say.
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