{"id":16811,"date":"2013-10-30T06:28:23","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T10:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/?p=16811"},"modified":"2013-11-01T07:10:51","modified_gmt":"2013-11-01T11:10:51","slug":"in-praise-of-autumn-by-kong-shiu-loon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/?p=16811","title":{"rendered":"\u300aIn Praise of Autumn\u300b_\u300aAutumn Thoughts\u300b  by Kong Shiu Loon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/fall-colours.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-16812\" alt=\"fall colours\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/fall-colours-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>In Praise of Autumn\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>A season you are<br \/>\nNot like any other<br \/>\nGolden leaves lingering on trees<br \/>\nReady to mix with other colours to please<\/p>\n<p>Wonders in your cloudless sky eternally shine<br \/>\nBounty melons fruits and corn witness farmers\u2019 pride<br \/>\nWhere sheep and cattle graze meadows are left bare<br \/>\nMigrating geese get busy their long flights prepare\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A season of earnest hope and searching reflection<br \/>\nSoon winter will arrive with threats of repression<br \/>\nMaturity and harvest mark your riches<br \/>\nTogether with delicious Thanksgiving turkey<\/p>\n<p>How many people ascend to the platform of maturity<br \/>\nTo experience the fruits of life with no worry<br \/>\nTo enjoy what\u2019s present and forget acquisition flurry<br \/>\nTo enter winter the season to be<\/p>\n<p>Ah autumn you are a season of poetic fonts<br \/>\nWith life events and struggles more than half gone<br \/>\nDuties and responsibilities behind happy and forlorn<br \/>\nAnticipation of renewing aspirations lifelong<\/p>\n<p>I say autumn is an exhilarating season<br \/>\nNature\u2019s enchantment triggering toils and tears for a reason<br \/>\nUrging our body and mind to access far-most reaches<br \/>\nOur tempered wishes feature creative strives and successes<\/p>\n<p>Whence the limits of life appears in sight<br \/>\nTimes before autumn should have prepared us right<br \/>\nNo matter forwards or backwards we will look<br \/>\nSatisfaction and pride will be vividly seen in our book<\/p>\n<p><b>Autumn Thoughts<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Tis nice to climb up high where blows the autumn air<br \/>\nTo level with the mountains their greens so fair<br \/>\nTo breathe deep the lung-filling chill air<br \/>\nTo look up heads held high to reach the blue firmament<br \/>\nTo feel the grass under feet moist tickling a sense of heaven<br \/>\nTo imagine stories in other times of love and languishment<br \/>\nTo sit on clouds floating free unconcerned of going where<br \/>\nAnd believe that life is far from being nightmares<br \/>\nBut a dream to be pursued<br \/>\nThat one day all wishes will come true<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Praise of Autumn\u00a0 A season you are Not like any other Golden leaves lingering on trees Ready to mix with other colours to please Wonders in your cloudless sky eternally shine Bounty melons fruits and corn witness farmers\u2019 pride &hellip; 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