Orion in the SkyBy Autumn Writer©Copyright 2012 Orion, fearless hunter in the sky,Canis Minor and Major, ever faithful, at your sideWhat is your quarry on this winter night?Is it the lion, Leo, growling before the palace gate,or perhaps the Great Bear lur...
Endless SkyAutumn Writer© Copyright 2012 A wind is blowing soft upon the plainin early hours that wait the break of day.Grasses bend and shake their headsat meager light that turns their blades to gray.The morning air is chilling and I yearnFor the warm a...
Secret Morning© Copyright 2012 Autumn Writer Silent sun, uncertain light, Screened by frosted clouds from frozen night,sifting through the tangled forest top. Forest’s edge, the chilly brook wanders through a path of ice. Morning beckons; onset of another...
Christmas Poem © Copyright 2011 Autumn Writer Silent forest, leafless trees in frozen night in darkness shadows rise and come to life—black brigades, pointed arms, reach out to barricade the Seeking Soul. The brilliant moon brights a meadow close beyond....
November Rainby Autumn Writer© Copyright 2011 November rain descends in angry spatterson crumbling leaves that lie in tatterson chilly ground that waits its winter sleep.Forgotten flowers bow heads and weep.Chilly drops—what purpose in their minds begotto...
Lighthouse by Autumn Writer © Copyright 2011 Solitary star, lonesome blinking light, Sentinel on this ragged night, I fight the gale, the stinging sleet. My frail, small craft strains for yonder point where shards beneath the boiling sea lurk in evil hope...
Autumn Rose By Autumn Writer © Copyright 2011 Little soldier, so proud you are in crimson tunic, emerald epaulettes and matching pantaloons. Stand tall and face bitter autumn winds which scrape bare the once-green garden wherein once would parade colored...
By Autumn Writer © Copyright 2008, 2010 Chapter 4: Winter My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. Song of Solomon 2:10-11 November 1993 Martha and Hal sat in...
Chapter 3: Autumn If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbor's door; Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. Job 32:9-10 Cleveland—January 1965 Hal held up two fingers; the bartender s...
© Copyright 2008, 2010 By Autumn Writer Chapter 2: Summer For there is a man whose labor is in wisdom and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion? This also is vanity and a great evil. For...
THE FOUR SEASONS © Copyright 2008, 2010 By Autumn Writer Prologue How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? Consider and hear me, O Lord my god: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep...
Middle Innings © Copyright 2007, 2010, 2011 by Autumn Writer Author’s note: this story is entirely a work of fiction. It is not intended to portray any specific players, team or event. If there are any similarities it is completely coincidental. *********...
The Blarney Boys by AutumnWriter Copyright © by 2007, 2008, 2011 There was a time that seems to us so far away—but it's not so distant when we measure the span of years. It was the waning of an era in which people cared more for preserving traditions than...
