Fall Forest
Fall becomes winter in a forest16 total reviews
Comment from Dean Kuch
See, this poem proves that winter is far more than a season of death and all things dying.
I like to think of winter as the start of new beginnings myself.
Beautifully written and well penned, Pam.
Fall is most definitely my favorite season of the year. After all, that's when we know Halloween is near, lol.
~Dean
reply by the author on 14-Jun-2018
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See, this poem proves that winter is far more than a season of death and all things dying.
I like to think of winter as the start of new beginnings myself.
Beautifully written and well penned, Pam.
Fall is most definitely my favorite season of the year. After all, that's when we know Halloween is near, lol.
~Dean
Comment Written 14-Jun-2018
reply by the author on 14-Jun-2018
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I like the color of the foliage and cooler temperatutrd after a long summer. Thanks for the great review. Thank you so much for the extra star. Much appreciated
Comment from karenina
If your squirrels head SOUTH for the winter can you have them stop in New England and take ours with them?! We are inundated with the hungry little beasts! Your poem is chock full of beautiful lines. One of my favorites:
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A quilt has been sewn with red, orange and white
from soggy remains of Autumn's delight
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Karenina
reply by the author on 13-Jun-2018
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If your squirrels head SOUTH for the winter can you have them stop in New England and take ours with them?! We are inundated with the hungry little beasts! Your poem is chock full of beautiful lines. One of my favorites:
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A quilt has been sewn with red, orange and white
from soggy remains of Autumn's delight
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Karenina
Comment Written 13-Jun-2018
reply by the author on 13-Jun-2018
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Your squirrels dpn?t Migrate? Most do
Thank you for the lovely review and five star rating
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From an animal site: "Squirrels do not migrate. Period. If they are not to be seen for a considerable period during the cold season, it's because they spend the entire time either hibernating or simply resting in their drey. Hibernation has more to do with food shortage than extreme weather. So the species have two options: (i) revive your fat reserves; or (ii) store food for winter. In contrast, animals migrate from one place to another primarily in search of food."
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Funny. The web site I saw said they did. See I am not kidding.
http://animals.mom.me/migration-gray-squirrels-6581.html
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Used to be. De-forestation changed that. Now, if anything, they migrate from country to the city! See this: Did you know people once saw seas of squirrels as they migrated through?
Yes, Eastern gray squirrels used to migrate, following the cycles of the oaks, and hickories and other nut bearing trees. Back when the midwestern and eastern forests were one contiguous mass of forest. Back before we started to carve out our settlements, and farms and cities. Back when there were only small farmsteads and villages that dotted the forests, tiny punctuation marks of humanity.
Then the animals lived much different lives than they do today.
One of my college professors, Dr. Vagn Flyger wrote a report for the University of Maryland on a squirrel migration as recent as 1968. Oh, how he loved squirrels and imparted that love to his students! And this recent migration, from Vermont to Georgia, fascinated him. You can read it here. But even more fascinating are the earlier account of waves of squirrels so massive that it took days before the end of the hoard could be seen. Or as Robert Kennicott in his article ?The Quadrupeds of Illinois? in The Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents for 1846 stated ?it took a month for the mess of squirrels to pass through the area.?*
Just imagine what that must have looked like! Tens of thousands, perhaps millions of squirrels following the wild harvest through the vast forest of the midwest and east, flowing like a grey furred river, leaping and bounding over every surface as they passed their way through the immediate area. Here is another quote (from that *same article ):
*In 1811, Charles Joseph Labrobe wrote in The Rambler in North America of a vast squirrel migration that autumn in Ohio: ?A countless multitude of squirrels, obeying some great and universal impulse, which none can know but the Spirit that gave them being, left their reckless and gambolling life, and their ancient places of retreat in the north, and were seen pressing forward by tens of thousands in a deep and sober phalanx to the South ??
No longer.
We still have them migrate occasionally. The last reported one was likely 1998 in Arkansas but nothing like the vast migrations of the past. And how can they with no massive forest or massive stands of trees, following the bounty of nuts and seeds as the cycles demanded? Like the beaver before them, we have changed their natural history and lost something special in return.
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Maybe because the follow the crops. Root vegetables in the fall. Persimmons and other fruits can take the cold. So maybe go there for winter. It might not be driven by cold but for food supply Very interesting.
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No matter what's in their nutty (get it?) little brains...your poem is great!
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Thank you. I have a nutty brain. It is mush. Peanut Butter for brains. Hehe
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me too! :)
Comment from Mustang Patty
Hi there,
Your poem is lovely and hypnotic. The fall turning into winter isn't what we are currently experiencing, but the warm weather refuses to stay. The temperatures aren't anywhere near the usual for this time of year.
Great job. From the artwork to the rhyme scheme, the piece was lovely,
~patty~
reply by the author on 13-Jun-2018
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Hi there,
Your poem is lovely and hypnotic. The fall turning into winter isn't what we are currently experiencing, but the warm weather refuses to stay. The temperatures aren't anywhere near the usual for this time of year.
Great job. From the artwork to the rhyme scheme, the piece was lovely,
~patty~
Comment Written 13-Jun-2018
reply by the author on 13-Jun-2018
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Thank you patty for such a nice review and excellent rating
Comment from Jeffrey L. Michaux
This is beautifully written and I like all of the intricate details you've incorporated into this poem that speaks of fall becoming winter. From the sprouts under the snow waiting to come out to the way fall becomes winter, I really like the way you presented this. I really enjoyed reading this Pam! Great job and well done!
reply by the author on 13-Jun-2018
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This is beautifully written and I like all of the intricate details you've incorporated into this poem that speaks of fall becoming winter. From the sprouts under the snow waiting to come out to the way fall becomes winter, I really like the way you presented this. I really enjoyed reading this Pam! Great job and well done!
Comment Written 13-Jun-2018
reply by the author on 13-Jun-2018
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Thank you Jeffrey for all of your encouragement. I really appreciate it. Thanks also for a very nice review and excellent rating
Comment from kiwijenny
I love the image of trees ...barren wet branches wave at the sky....winter was made for poetry . It's an honest waiting time..waiting for spring to renew..I'm in Florida and would love a little snow lol
God bless
reply by the author on 13-Jun-2018
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I love the image of trees ...barren wet branches wave at the sky....winter was made for poetry . It's an honest waiting time..waiting for spring to renew..I'm in Florida and would love a little snow lol
God bless
Comment Written 13-Jun-2018
reply by the author on 13-Jun-2018
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Hi kiwi. I got my fill of snow in
Indianapolis and I never want to live in it again. Lol. Thank you for your wonderful review and excellent rating
Comment from Dawn Munro
Wow, you paint a blank canvas with color and light - THIS is how words can be used to fire imagination. What lovely images your poem evokes, my friend - simply beautiful. And the flow is so smooth, too - I find myself wanting to read this delightful poem again, and recite it!
reply by the author on 13-Jun-2018
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Wow, you paint a blank canvas with color and light - THIS is how words can be used to fire imagination. What lovely images your poem evokes, my friend - simply beautiful. And the flow is so smooth, too - I find myself wanting to read this delightful poem again, and recite it!
Comment Written 13-Jun-2018
reply by the author on 13-Jun-2018
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Thank you Dawn. This review made my day. I appreciate your encouragement. I may paint something to go with the poem!
I enjoyed your fine review. Thanks for the excellent rating
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You're very welcome. :)
Comment from Dolly'sPoems
Summer will soon be with us and your poem means that spring is a welcome change after a long cold winter. The spring in England has been amazingly warm. Your poem has a ghost-like feel to it, love Dolly x
reply by the author on 13-Jun-2018
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Summer will soon be with us and your poem means that spring is a welcome change after a long cold winter. The spring in England has been amazingly warm. Your poem has a ghost-like feel to it, love Dolly x
Comment Written 13-Jun-2018
reply by the author on 13-Jun-2018
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Ghostlike feel. Interesting. Are the trees the ghosts? Maybe the leaves?
Thank you for such a fine review and excellent rating
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Dickens once referred to trees as ghosts in Oliver Twist, love Dolly x
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Comment from Pantygynt
Your presentation problems seem to have cleared up, these lines have come out where they should be i am pleased to say. This must have taxed your imagination as we are now in summer and i don't really want to think about winter for a few months just yet. I lioike the personification of the trees in the first stanza.
reply by the author on 13-Jun-2018
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Your presentation problems seem to have cleared up, these lines have come out where they should be i am pleased to say. This must have taxed your imagination as we are now in summer and i don't really want to think about winter for a few months just yet. I lioike the personification of the trees in the first stanza.
Comment Written 13-Jun-2018
reply by the author on 13-Jun-2018
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Thank you Jim. The only way I can think of to see what you see is to copy the poem into a private message and check each line. When I copied into a PM, it was as you saw! But in the email and my post I saw something different. Must have been a special character. The other one was my mistake. Thanks for the great review and excellent rating
Comment from Sandra du Plessis
A very well-written poem about the transition from Autumn to winter, the process of nature we can see and usually enjoy to experience after an extremely hot summer, we know the cycle will bring us back to Spring where we can start all over.
I cannot offer any improvements to your great poem.
reply by the author on 13-Jun-2018
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A very well-written poem about the transition from Autumn to winter, the process of nature we can see and usually enjoy to experience after an extremely hot summer, we know the cycle will bring us back to Spring where we can start all over.
I cannot offer any improvements to your great poem.
Comment Written 13-Jun-2018
reply by the author on 13-Jun-2018
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Thank you Sandra for your lovely review and five star rating
Comment from Alcreator Litt Dear
This speaks about a transformation of season and change in Nature with the advent of Christmas, as Fall becomes winter in a forest, change in environment; well said, well done. Keep Writing -- DR ALCREATOR
reply by the author on 13-Jun-2018
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This speaks about a transformation of season and change in Nature with the advent of Christmas, as Fall becomes winter in a forest, change in environment; well said, well done. Keep Writing -- DR ALCREATOR
Comment Written 13-Jun-2018
reply by the author on 13-Jun-2018
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Thank you Alcreator for your wonderful review and five star rating
