Clentin
Nov 09, 2023
This poem is part of the contest:

Harvest Feast Image Prompt Contest

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A Harvest Feast

Fresh apples, sweet pears, and pumpkins galore
All harvested, with love and so much more

We share a great meal, united as one
Grateful for the harvest, the work that’s done

A Harvest Feast, such bountiful delight,
Golden fields, ablaze in autumn’s bright light

Beneath the azure sky, we gather near
To celebrate the season, so dear dear

Tables adorned with nature’s given gifts
Fruits and vegetables , their colors lift

The earth’s abundance, such a treasure trove
Nurtured by the sun, amd rain’s gentle strove

Cornucopia of flavors to savor,
From humble grain and flavorful fabor

With laughter and joy, our spirits do rise,
As we savor the feast before our eyes

In this moment, we find contentment deep,
Gratitude and fulfillment gently seep

Harvest feast, a humble celebration,
Nature’s bounty and sweet liberation

Short and sweet, this feast we gently embrace,
A reminder of life’s abundant grace

Harvest’s gift, a reminder to be kind,
Cherish the beauty that we always find

So let us all gather, with grateful cheer,
For the harvest feast, so precious and dear

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Comments

Geezer

appreciate your very good rhyming, I must point out that your meter is in need of a tune-up.
Very often, when we write lines of rhyme, we concentrate on the rhyme without paying much attention to the meter.
All the best rhyme cannot make a poem smooth and silky without proper meter. Adding to or deleting from a line, often times is not easy without the ultimate meaning being disrupted.
In the second line, you have the need to delete a syllable, and although
the word [harvested] is more aesthetically pleasing to the eye and in keeping
with the theme, the word [picked] does the job as well and conforms to the meter.

Try to juggle the lines around to make the meter, and yet still make sense.

You do not need a comma in between Golden fields and ablaze in autumn's light

Add a word to the line: "To celebrate the season, [held] so dear.

I suggest that you go over the poem to smooth out the meter, and you will find
that you have a much better piece of work. Your vocabulary is very good,
I expect you to use it. ~ Geez.
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Alex Tanner

I have to agree with Geez on this one. So glad to see you use punctuation even though only a little is needed. So many (not just on here) write and seem to forget there are such things as commas and full stops etc. I liked it. Alex

Candlewitch

your poem put me in mind of my Grandma's house at the Autumn and Winter holidays. she started working on her holiday table the day before. baking pies, breads, cookies and cinnamon rolls for our enjoyment. she had a huge kitchen with 2 rocking chairs and a working fireplace. she was a farmer's wife all her married life. she was also my favorite grandmother. my father had her crocked smile. I love your poem and I hope it wins the contest. thank you for bringing all those beautiful memories back to me.

*love and hugs, Cat

C

Thank you for your comments and for reading my poems.
I remember well the holidays with grandparents long gone.

Thank you

RoseBlack

The changes made have enhanced the vivid imagery of a traditional Thanksgiving dinner. I can see the guests gathered around eating and enjoying themselves, can smell the food. It really made me feel like I was there. I am enjoying these holiday challenges as they are forcing me to remember the things I have buried about them but truly enjoy. Thank you.

paleoray

I enjoyed the lovely food imagery that you have described in your thanksgiving piece however regrettably the meter and rhythm are inconsistent throughout each of the lines in your poem and needs a lot of work. Just a suggestion.