Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SEPTEMBER TRANSIENT, by R. P. HARRISS


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SEPTEMBER TRANSIENT, by                    
First Line: There is a mellow pleasantness about
Last Line: Where laughing autumn's feet have lightly tript.
Subject(s): September; Transience; Wandering & Wanderers; Impermanence; Wanderlust; Vagabonds; Tramps; Hoboes


There is a mellow pleasantness about
The Negro village near the Southern town
On Autumn days. The talk flows in and out,
From house to house. . . . "Sis Viney's man is down
Wi' chills en fever" . . . Dulcey's boys "has cotch
Th'ee han'some 'possums" . . . Wesley's "up in cote" . . .
He got six months for it. (He stole a watch) . . .
Rennie is "cookin' out" . . . Dan's bought a shoat . . .
The talk goes on. The children play and sing
As white youths do, only more quietly;
A sleeping hound, notched-eared and nondescript,
Sprawls on the sidewalk; every living thing,
Loving the sun, comes out-of-doors to see
Where laughing Autumn's feet have lightly tript.





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