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Fall's Sortie Into Oneonta
by Jon Willey
Sunday, September 27, 2009
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Inspired by a very recent visit to Oneonta, NY


Brown stalks and curled leaves
mark the corn rowed fields

Canada geese inhabit the landscape
goldenrod and scarlet leaves

of trees of Heaven blend on hillsides
Oneonta glows in Summmer's last rays
Fall is crafting, molding this land's will
at the "Underground Eggplant Company"
yeast of fresh baked Italian bread wafts
I lunch at a picnic table in the rear
fruit flies and bees dart at my sandwich
a "Lexington", liverwurst and turkey
the forest salutes me with a barrage
of vivid foliage swashed across green
omens of Winter's intent to soon invade
so in this moment ofcommunion
with tranquility nestling close at my side
I engage myself in life's basal pleasures
a sated belly and nature's art exposition

 




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Reviewed by Walt Hardester 11/11/2009
Well done. I knew you were from the N.E. and wondered how you found your way to a very, very small town in north Alabama...Only known of by me because I have relatives who live live near there, in Boaz.

~W~
Reviewed by m j hollingshead 10/17/2009
well said
Reviewed by Romantic Poetess Victoria L. McColley 10/4/2009
Dearest John...Your words also to me to Oneonta & it was a wounderful visit & I enjoyed the glorious view & the delishious sandwhich...I love trying new sandwiches!!
The bees surround sweetness you know...
Peace, Love & Blessings
Vickie
Reviewed by Phyllis Jean Green 10/2/2009
Jon!! Your images ROCK!! What a rich and colorful meal. Al fresco
makes it taste all the better. So we hafta duck a few flies and bees. This is d e l i c i o u s! xOx 'Pea' xOx
Reviewed by Sheila Roy 10/1/2009
You painted this moment with warm, fall colors. Nicely done, Jon. Love and Hugs,
Sheila
Reviewed by jude forese 9/30/2009
great imagery and sense of being, Jon ...
Reviewed by Karla Dorman, The StormSpinner 9/29/2009
Vividly imaged, this stirs all the senses, Jon. Beautiful.

(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.
Reviewed by La Belle Rouge 9/29/2009
Oh My how I love this poem. So earthy, so stimulating in it's rich images both emotionally and physically. I wanted to be there sharing your sandwich and felt almost as if I was. Wonderful work Jon.
Reviewed by Liana Margiva 9/29/2009
LOVELY!!!!!!!!! Liana Margiva
Reviewed by Carole Mathys 9/28/2009
With paper as your canvas you masterfully applied the visual and sensory impressions with picturesque words placing your readers at the table with your viewing the beauty that abounds in upper NY...now you need to actually paint this scene Jon Michael...brilliant poem.
peace and love dear friend, Carole~
Reviewed by Kate Burnside 9/28/2009
This reads like a modern-day painting of pastoral idylls and scenes of utopia from the Romantics. All that's missing is Bacchus and wood-nymphs, though perhaps they are not far away - especially in the light of the mood of satisfaction and contentment conjured for us here. It certainly DOES seem to be promising a season of mists and mellow fruitfulness both sides of The Pond this year. I like the way you paint such lushness onto a canvas of the everyday, with mention of the Underground Eggplant Company! Matter-of-fact and mystical intertwined. xx
Reviewed by JASMIN HORST SEILER 9/28/2009
I think you have fine taste my friend, and a feeling of satisfying happiness, I was with you there, and much enjoyed your company.
Peace and love! Jasmin Horst
Reviewed by Felix Perry 9/28/2009
Impressive write Jon, like taking us to your favorite spot and letting us see why it is such a favorite of yours...well done.
fee
Reviewed by Christine Alwin 9/28/2009
Jon,,,I felt like I was sitting there as well..eating a sandwich and all..you brought this scene to life...just beautiful
Love and Blessings,
Christine
Reviewed by George Carroll 9/27/2009
What a feast for the belly and the eyes. Vividly portrayed.
Reviewed by Dawn Wilson 9/27/2009
Jon, this is such a beautiful look at nature and all that surrounds us...the imagery is stunning.
Reviewed by Gene Williamson 9/27/2009
Emersed in nature's beauty on a full stomach. It doesn't
get much better than that, Jon. Nor does your paean to
Oneonta.
Reviewed by E T Waldron 9/27/2009
a satisfying experience in all ways Jon, inspired poem,superb imagery
and sated appetite!
Reviewed by John Flanagan 9/27/2009
"Fall is crafting, molding this land's will.." (how good that is!)
and you, Jon, have crafted and moulded and painted all the colours of the time and sat, too, in admiration of Nature's handiwork with "a sated belly and nature's art exposition"
The mood, the words, the attitude and the observations are serene and quite splendid.

John
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