Your poem is beautiful Jane. The idea of trees relaxing and letting the leaves go is so interesting. The last stanza is very beautiful; reminded me of a letter by Keats in which he is explaining to a friend why he prefers the warm, subtle hues of Autumn over the chill green of spring in his "Ode to Autumn"....
--- In [email protected], jane bhandari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh yes, I liked this one very much. I like the way it becomes a love poem in the most subtle yet sudden way. > > Here's one I wrote two years ago on a visit to UK: 'He' was the gardener from next door, our oracle on weather and plants. > > > > EXPECTING FROST > > > > Expect frost, he said, and by daybreak > > The first frost of autumn > > Edged every leaf, laid a veil > > Over summer green. The trees, > > Already changing colour, relaxed, > > Let go their leaves: on that day > > The ground shimmered with them, > > The last flicker of the flame > > Blazing red and yellow, > > The bright death of summer. > > > > Sorry I was to see the summer go, > > Yet not sorry: I like the trees bare, > > Their stark skeletons more elegant > > Than summer's rampant green, > > More beautiful. I prefer it so. > > > Jane Bhandari > > Albert Krishna Ali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Autumn Civilizes Us > > by Amardeep Singh > http://www.lehigh.edu/~amsp/2005/09/autumn-civilizes-us.html > > Autumn civilizes us > Summer's bare arms are sheathed > and the ritual of the cooling air sends us inside > to make schoolwork with sober chalkmarks > > And I might say, drily, > "Autumn's softening light adds texture and shadow > to the still-yellow day." > > Now analyze the poem. > But my students' eyes are elsehwere, on Autumn, > with its open space and windows > and living, biting insects > all still with us when we talk > > And supposedly the famous leaves will don unsober brights > all too soon. But that bomb of color comes too late for Autumn, > verging on the foreshadowed winter. > (Screw the Fall! I'd rather not watch) > I prefer the daylight today, and the twittering, still-green trees, > and you, of course, and the texture of your sweater: > another Autumn, holding in the still-warm air. > > > > --------------------------------- > To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/yqIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- You are encouraged to post poetry, respond critically to the poems circulated and participate in discussions. To post, email your message to [email protected] OR post online at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/post/ Tell friends to subscribe to ZESTPoets by sending a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED], OR, if they have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/join/ ---theZESTcommunity-------------- [1] ZESTCurrent: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCurrent/ [2] ZESTEconomics: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTEconomics/ [3] ZESTGlobal: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTGlobal/ [4] ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/ [5] ZESTPoets: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ [6] ZESTCaste: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ [7] ZESTAlternative: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTAlternative/ [8] TalkZEST: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkZEST/ --- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
