music of mysterious season
every extra-ordinary evening
when fall’s awe-calling and
autumn’s beat thrum-drums.
dry cornstalks quiver in crisp
whispers of sweater weather as
honky geese migrate late, and
de-fruited trees leave with a sigh.
orange pumpkin planets shimmer
eerily in phantom-tastical gleams
of the ghostly harvest moon-beams
that pierce clouds’ flimsy shroud.
Join dVerse Poets where Dora invites us to “trip the October light fantastic.”
a poem in my pocket 
Oct 12, 2025 @ 00:38:19
Lynn, I love the sensoriness of your poem and your wordplay within it.
Oct 12, 2025 @ 06:36:21
Thanks, Lisa! October certainly fills up our senses 😀
Oct 12, 2025 @ 09:33:54
You’re very welcome.
Oct 11, 2025 @ 12:33:58
Love your Octoburr! And especially this line in the poem
“orange pumpkin planets shimmer”
not least because it can be read with a Caesura
orange pumpkin, planets shimmer
Oct 12, 2025 @ 06:33:47
Laura, I like that thought…thanks for commenting!
Oct 10, 2025 @ 19:56:59
Excellent wordplay. Lovely poem, Lynn!
Oct 10, 2025 @ 20:18:26
Thanks, Sara…glad you liked it!
Oct 09, 2025 @ 08:15:48
You make it sound so wonderful…
Oct 09, 2025 @ 13:32:18
The October harvest moon is exceptionally bright!
Oct 09, 2025 @ 07:32:53
Delightful wordplay, Lynn.
Oct 09, 2025 @ 13:34:12
Thanks, Mitch😊
Oct 09, 2025 @ 05:06:59
Beautifully evocative, Lynn. I imagine there was quite a shimmer under that bright harvest moon!
Oct 09, 2025 @ 13:39:49
Thanks, Merril! A shiver and shimmer for sure 👍
Oct 11, 2025 @ 05:16:09
You’re welcome, Lynn.
Oct 08, 2025 @ 20:31:21
“music of mysterious season” — what an opening, Lynn, musically alliterative itself, prompting us to listen more closely to the mystery sung, “awe-calling,” “thrum-drums,” the “honky geese,” the sighing trees all under “ghostly harvest moon-beams.” I love the music of your phrasings and how they reverberate with the “octoburr moonrise.” 🙂
Oct 08, 2025 @ 20:41:14
I appreciate the inspiring prompt and your thoughtful comments, Dora. Happy October to you!
Oct 08, 2025 @ 20:45:56
And to you and yours, Lynn. Have a good one! 🍁