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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FALL, by JOSEPH UPPER HARRIS
First Line: Two buzzards float solemnly over the lonely water
Last Line: And far off the voice of winter, hungry, ominous.
Alternate Author Name(s): Upper, Joseph
Subject(s): Absence; Solitude; Separation; Isolation; Loneliness
First Line: Two buzzards float solemnly over the lonely water
Last Line: And far off the voice of winter, hungry, ominous.
Alternate Author Name(s): Upper, Joseph
Subject(s): Absence; Solitude; Separation; Isolation; Loneliness
Two buzzards float solemnly over the lonely water,
And past the tops of the impoverished trees.
After they have gone, the landscape is a little grayer,
The water is a little lonelier,
And the trees pay greedy autumn the last leaves of his exacting tribute.
The buzzards float solemnly in the still air and are finally lost in the
afternoon mist.
I wonder if they were brothers,
Or brother and sister,
Or mates. ...
Maybe they were just comrades.
Whatever they were, they reminded me of a strong, calm love,
And while they were here, life and nature seemed beautiful.
Now that they are gone there is nothing but lonely water, and gaunt, naked
trees, and gray mist,
And far off the voice of winter, hungry, ominous.
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