Poetry Friday, Week 35: Poetry Princess Challenge

Laura at Laura Purdie Salas is hosting Poetry Friday today and sharing more of the Poetry Princess Challenge.  It was to find a poem from the Poetry Friday Community and write a response using the Tanka form. Curious about tanka?  Read this post by Kelly.

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I went to the blogs and landed at Mary Lee's Poetrepository. She wrote a sonnet (and for AJ no less) about Summer's End. It is a cornucopia of juicy and rich words.  
Meanwhile, I spied my last remaining Summer Poetry Swap. Guess who it was from?  Mary Lee and I knew that this was a serendipitous moment.  

I have been thinking today about the fact that I don't really have a favorite season.  There is great anticipation for the arrival of the new season and all it has to hold. Toward the end, the anticipation of the season builds.
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.Using a couple of the cards Mary Lee sent me I responded to "Summer's End" with a 
Dodoitsu (7-7-7-5), part of the summer swap and a tanka.  I pulled some of her words from the sonnet.

scarlett maple leaves quiver
apples finish crisp on trees
roads that are unexpected
fall’s many textures
©jone rush macculloch. 2021 

wake before sunrise
cool air hushes summer heat
lingering too long.
harvest moon and Orion
set in the west. autumn arrives
©jone rush macculloch. 2021