Thursday, October 1, 2020

The Road to Fall - #FallWritingFrenzy 2020 by Kathy Halsey

 



Ready for some fall fun? Fall is my favorite season and writing's my "jam" so participating in the second year of the #FallWritingFrenzy is right down my alley or...my road to fall.

The goal for this contest hosted by Lydia Lukidis and Kaitlyn Sanchez is to create connections in the kidlit community and challenge oneself to grow by writing something new. Plus we win prizes, critiques by industry professionals. YAY. Thanks to Lydia, Kaitlyn, judges, and those donating critiques. Good luck to all who enter, too. You can find other entries here.

The rules instruct participants to write to a visual prompt (see mine above), 200 or less words,  and audience age PreK  on up. The piece can be a poem, mood piece, happy, scary, beautiful, grotesque, whatever suits the season and the chosen visual prompt. 

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The Road to Fall

by Kathy Halsey


The road to fall runs wild

with pops of pumpkin orange. 

It lead to murky mists 

  settling in the hollows.

What's there? 


The road to fall hints of hidden haunts 

with dappled leaves shadow-dancing,

hovering overhead.

  What lies beyond?


The road to fall rolls down shrouded paths

where the chitter-chatter of chipmunks

 is swallowed by 

sudden stillness.

What looms large?


The road to fall

floats

somewhere between real 

and make-believe.

Step-by-step we creep closer

What's behind brambles and bushes?


The road to fall reveals steep stone steps

up-up until a cold metal gate stops us,

prevents our climb

inside a squire's castle.


The road to fall...

It's on our minds

murky mists,

hidden haunts

between real and make-believe.

What wildness might we unlock?