Trees in autumn
Doing a gentle strip-tease
Shrugging their branches
Showing some skin
Shedding gold-tipped leaves
Trees in autumn
Putting on a show
Baring all for us to see
Readying for a new cloak
Waiting for winter’s snow
(C)- Vivian Zems
In response to dVerse Poets -Autumn
Smell The Coffee 
October 17, 2017 at 6:29 pm
Beautifully written and shortly compiled!
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October 17, 2017 at 6:43 pm
Thank you!
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October 17, 2017 at 8:22 pm
They do really strip… but still many months until we have snow (I hope)
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October 17, 2017 at 9:47 pm
I hope so too.
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October 17, 2017 at 8:24 pm
I like that last line so very much!
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October 17, 2017 at 9:46 pm
Thank you 😊
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October 17, 2017 at 8:56 pm
I like the fun pun title, Viv, and you made me smile with the image of trees ‘doing a gentle strip-tease’!
A lilting, lyrical poem.
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October 17, 2017 at 9:40 pm
Thanks Kim!
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October 17, 2017 at 9:48 pm
How’s your boy?
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October 18, 2017 at 11:21 am
Now a one-armed bandit! ( back to his naughty self- but slowed down😉).Thanks for asking😊
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October 17, 2017 at 9:03 pm
That’s a sharp little poem, tightly written and effective. Great imagery
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October 17, 2017 at 9:39 pm
Thank you!
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October 17, 2017 at 9:11 pm
That’s one, rather saucy way of looking at it! I agree with the others—a fun poem 🙂
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October 17, 2017 at 9:39 pm
Thanks Jane!😊
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October 17, 2017 at 9:41 pm
🙂
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October 17, 2017 at 9:49 pm
Delightful!
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October 18, 2017 at 11:22 am
Thank you!
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October 17, 2017 at 10:00 pm
Scandalously good poem, Vivian!
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October 18, 2017 at 11:19 am
Naughty trees-lol! Thanks!
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October 18, 2017 at 1:52 am
Nice view of falling leaves as a strip-tease. I hadn’t thought of it like that before, but it makes sense prior to putting on a coat of snow. The photo is beautiful also with the boardwalk through the forest.
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October 18, 2017 at 11:07 am
Thanks, Frank!
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October 18, 2017 at 4:47 am
A cool perspective on the annual leaf show…..I enjoyed it!
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October 18, 2017 at 11:06 am
Thank you! ☺
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October 18, 2017 at 6:58 am
Nicely structured. Like it.
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October 18, 2017 at 11:05 am
Thanks, Sarah!
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October 18, 2017 at 11:30 pm
Clever play on words and fun to read.
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October 19, 2017 at 4:44 am
Thank you!
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October 19, 2017 at 12:44 am
Still laughing at that most clever title!
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October 19, 2017 at 4:45 am
Glad you like it!
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October 19, 2017 at 8:49 pm
i love that the trees stripteased.
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October 20, 2017 at 12:07 am
Oh yes, and they did it slowly 🙂
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