Please forgive the lateness of this announcement. The winner of the Oct. contest is Mark for his poem "When Autumn Leaves.". His poem is right below and I hope you will join me in congratulating Mark... stan

When Autumn Leaves (october contest)
Submitted by Mark on Fri, 2019-10-04 19:05

One of my wishes still vivid in mind
Is of Autumn nights with your hands so kind
And kisses among musty leaves
Return from beyond choppy seas

Clear as ringing from the schoolhouse bell
Wondrous you as a southern belle
We rolled within windbreakers blue
It was only our existence that we knew

We didn’t know time an Impale stake
Would kill it all for another’s sake
Your tears rolled down that innocent face
There was anger in our 'hood - loss of grace

Now I only have, for us, one wish left:
Our Autumn color gone by theft
Come back full blossom in our end
To deal with hardships evil did send