Smell of Autumn – v5

Another smell of autumn

of the harvest

sweet sweet smell

of Concord grapes

warming ripening

ready to burst with flavor

strong urgent smell

lured me closer

Spreading outward

from the makeshift arbor

a plume twenty feet wide

enticing, coaxing

me to linger

luxuriate in its aroma

smile at the memory

of other pickings

Long ago, I remember

Sweet fruit

high above me,

out of reach

up in the canopy

formed by wire and bush

worth the effort,

tart, sweet nectar

dripping over my chapped cheek

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edited October 29, 2014

Smell of Autumn – v5

(editing original again)

Edited September 28, 2013

“Smell of Autumn – v4”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/smell-of-autumn-v4.html

Edited September 24, 2013

“Smell of Autumn – v3”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/smell-of-autumn-v3.html

Edited September 9, 2013

“Smell of Autumn – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/smell-of-autumn-v2.html

September 14, 2006 10:14

“Smell of Autumn”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/09/smell-of-autumn.html

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