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November 10, 2014
By reidaboutme SILVER, Alden, Kansas
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"To be nobody- but- yourself in a world which is doing it's best, night and day, to make you everybody else, means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting."-ee cummings

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The season of autumn

used to mean

back to school clothes

halloween candy

the beauty of fallen leaves

 

but now when i think of autumn

i think of you and me

© Susan R., Iselin, NJ

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4th part to a 4 part series of poems about the seasons

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Beila BRONZE said...
on Mar. 9 2015 at 1:37 am
Beila BRONZE, Palo Alto, California
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This poem reminds me of Taylor Swift's "Back to December," the way she tracks their relationship through the seasons. I like the way you used your lines and stanzas to set up an expectation... and then twist it around entirely.