Poems in Honor of October

[DanaC]

I loved both of those poems.

Juniper, that was stunning. I really like the way the mood drops in the second stanza. The first stanza is full of activity and agency, the second is more passive and full of imposed reflection. Lovely.
Also the progression from reflections on children to reflections on people lost, echoes the progression from spring/summer to autumn/winter.

Sundae, that poem really got under my skin. I loved the payoff. It's very human and real.