For dVerse Open Link Night .
For dVerse Poets Pub – Where Björn is our host.
Hello all, Björn here, we have now passed the Autumn Equinox. Evenings come early and we are entering a darker period here in the Northern Hemisphere.
OpenLinkNight 416 – September Live
Autumn, Apparently
They tell me autumn has arrived.
Somewhere,
trees are turning copper,
mushrooms push through damp earth,
and flowers are carried indoors
before the first cold night.
Here,
the dashboard says 39.5°C
and that is an improvement.
We passed forty
on the road to town.
The mountains have disappeared
behind Saharan dust,
the earth is holding its breath,
and September has apparently
misplaced the calendar.
No red leaves fall here—
only dust settles
on windows, cars,
solar panels,
and everything I cleaned yesterday.
Perhaps seasons are not dates
written neatly into almanacs.
Perhaps autumn can arrive
wearing sandals,
carrying a bottle of water,
and asking desperately:
Does anyone know
where the air conditioning is?
💜
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My new song is out on streaming platforms.
https://ditto.fm/silenced-but-not-broken
With love, coffee, poetry, and stardust,
— Maggie The Afterlove Voice 💫
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