A miserable, cold, light-less hell

On Wednesdays, I compose a limerick based on the prompt from Three Word Wednesday. Today's words are: brisk, detached, miserable  (it's more fun if you read it aloud - try it!):

These brisk days of autumn foretell
Sure coming of winter's death-knell
Elm leaves detached,
The lawn choked and thatched:
A miserable, cold, light-less hell
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OK, "hell" might be a bit strong, but nothing makes you want to throw it all away and weep for the futility of life like the depressive onset of seasonal affective disorder in the first gray, chilly days of autumn. But at least I got a limerick out of it.

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9 comments:

  1. Laurie KolpOct 10, 2012, 9:57:00 AM

    I kind of feel the same way about winter.

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    1. BerowneOct 10, 2012, 11:14:00 AM

      And the snow lay all about, deep and crisp and even - but that didn't make it any easier to deal with. :-)

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  2. AltonianOct 10, 2012, 11:07:00 AM

    I live in Finland, so I know what you mean, until the snow comes, then it gets better.

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  3. LauritaOct 10, 2012, 12:19:00 PM

    But this is the best time of year! Can you re-write this for February when the time comes?

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  4. Sheilagh LeeOct 10, 2012, 12:28:00 PM

    yes winter can make you feel that way well put tony.

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  5. Tony NolandOct 10, 2012, 12:51:00 PM

    Thanks for reading, guys. The gray weather moods creep up on me like frostbite.

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  6. Grandma`s GoulashOct 10, 2012, 1:25:00 PM

    Very well put. These words evoked leaves for me as well.

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  7. Old EggOct 10, 2012, 7:06:00 PM

    Down under it is our spring but that didn't stop the snow from falling on the hills above the city this morning. At least we know our summer is closer than yours. Yes, reading it out was great.

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  8. AnonymousOct 11, 2012, 10:59:00 AM

    yes winter is on it way. Very evocative.

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