Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PART OF AUTUMN, by MARIE EMILIE GILCHRIST First Line: Part of autumn it is, perhaps Last Line: To find a beauty in being slow. Subject(s): Autumn; Harvest; Pumpkins; Seasons; Fall | ||||||||
Part of autumn it is, perhaps To find a beauty in being slow; Fears for the unripe grain are past, All our harvest is safe from the snow. And before snow flies there's another harvest -- Apple-green wisdom slowly mellowing, Smooth hard nuts for cracking and munching, Leaves to shed that are sapped and yellowing. These take a golden space of time To gather and handle, time unreckoned, Quaint old time with the latch-string out -- Not the modern locks of minute and second; Time to wonder, and measure the space From the fruit in your hand to the far horizon, Time to think until your forget The pumpkin-heap you had your eyes on; Time so wide it takes life in Across its worn old wooden sill -- A shining load of human straws. In time's great barn, hay-strewn and still Fronting the stubble fields, I pause, Turning my thoughts in the afternoon sun To catch a tinge of ripeness so. Part of autumn it is, perhaps To find a beauty in being slow. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OUR AUTUMN by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN AN AUTUMN JOY by GEORGE ARNOLD A LEAF FALLS by MARION LOUISE BLISS THE FARMER'S BOY: AUTUMN by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD A LETTER IN OCTOBER by TED KOOSER AUTUMN EVENING by DAVID LEHMAN EVERYTHING THAT ACTS IS ACTUAL by DENISE LEVERTOV CHANCE-FALLEN SEED by MARIE EMILIE GILCHRIST |
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