shoulder season
we are entering time
in-between
after leaves have fallen
like so much
confetti, and trees line
streets, naked;
summer’s debris is cleared
and the sky
reflects the ground – dull and grey –
while we live
in seasonal purgatory
wishing its
end, even as we dread what
will follow.
~ Angela Kublik
Angela Kublik is the editor of Blue Skies Poetry. Her poetry has most recently been published in Alberta Encore: People, Places, and Poetry from Legacy Magazine and as a special feature on DailyHaiku.Org.
Read more of Angela Kublik’s poetry:
- New Year
- Summer Away
- Fire Tower on Nose Mountain
- After School
- If I Must Leave
- So that She Might Sing
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