Poetry Prompt Day One: Rhyme and Season

Here we are! Welcome to October and the OctPoWriMo Poetry writing challenge 2013.  Fall is my favorite season. The air is crisp and cool, the leaves are changing to gorgeous hues, crunching beneath our feet and there seems to be a quiet in the air.

For the first writing prompt, picture yourself on a park bench in the midst of a full blown Autumn day. Perhaps you're wrapped in a warm sweater, drinking hot cider - you have a notebook and pen and it's just you and your thoughts. Look around, what do you see, hear, smell? If you can actually go to a park, so much the better, although I realize it's still early in the season. But if you can just close your eyes and imagine...think about what you love about Fall...and see where it takes you with your poetry.  Poets such as Blake, Keats and Shakespeare have been inspired by the season; there are so many sensory and tactile elements to Autumn that inspire the romance of poetry.

Writing Prompt: Imagine yourself in the midst of an Autumnal setting. Using prose, describe what is all around you; what you see, hear, feel, smell, touch. Tell us about the glory of the season.  It need not rhyme of course, just put yourself in the setting and through your imagery, take us there too. 

The prompt is only a suggestion or stepping off point. If you wish, write about anything that inspires you and link it up below. I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with. We're in for an inspired and creative month! 

Share your poetry with us by linking up. Make sure you visit your neighbors one or two before and after. If you are last on the list go back to the beginning of the list. Have fun!

1.	nimue	18.	Wild Imagination	35.	Annis
2.	Morgan Dragonwillow	19.	Lilith Colbert	36.	Jenna Amundson
3.	Prasad Kulkarni	20.	Ankit Sharma	37.	Melissa Robles
4.	Shah's Scribbles	21.	Meg On the Go	38.	Mark Jones
5.	Navin	22.	rewritten	39.	Steph
6.	Philomel Chowdhury	23.	Annie Gray	40.	Anna Stewart
7.	Sfurti Juztamom	24.	Amy McGrath	41.	Payal Agarwal
8.	viv blake	25.	Voilet Wynn	42.	snlkc
9.	Chameleon Soul	26.	Raven George	43.	Jennifer Cunningham
10.	Lady Whispers	27.	Samantha F	44.	Georgia aka Bastet
11.	Ron Potter	28.	Linda Roy - elleroy was here	45.	Aishah (Better Later than Never!)
12.	Esther Spurrill Jones	29.	Tui Snider @mentalmosaic	46.	Nikita
13.	Beth Camp	30.	AlsoMorgan	47.	RLHughes
14.	Beth Teliho	31.	Kailynn- GingerSass	48.	Sunita
15.	Aavika	32.	Julie Jordan Scott	49.	Margit Sage
16.	Rhian Williams	33.	Frelle	50.	Andrea Moore
17.	KC from justalittlesnarky	34.	Christine	51.	Quinn

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