A Letter in October BY TED KOOSERDawn comes later and later now,and I, who only a month agocould sit with coffee every morningwatching the light walk down the hillto the edge of the pond and placea doe there, shyly drinking, then see the light step out uponthe water, sowing reflectionsto either side—a gardenof trees thatContinue reading “A Letter in October : Ted Kooser : October Poems : : Months Poems : :”
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Come October, It’s the lake not border : Lyn Hejinian : : October Poems : : Months Poems : :
from The Fatalist: “Come October, it’s the lake not the border”BY LYN HEJINIANCome October, it’s the lake not the borderthat has been redrawn. Thinkingabout the event afterwards, I realize how remarkably well-prepared the girls are. There don’t seem to be any slouchesamong them. Please tell them I say hello and that we’ll need 14 forContinue reading “Come October, It’s the lake not border : Lyn Hejinian : : October Poems : : Months Poems : :”
October : Edward Thomas : : October Poems : : Months Poems : :
October Poem : : by Edward Thomas ( 1878-1917 ) : : London, U K : : : : : : : The green elm with the one great bough of goldLets leaves into the grass slip, one by one, —The short hill grass, the mushrooms small milk-white,Harebell and scabious and tormentil,That blackberry and gorse,Continue reading “October : Edward Thomas : : October Poems : : Months Poems : :”
October : Robert Frost: : October Poems Months : : Poems : :
OctoberBY ROBERT FROST ( 1874 – 1963 ) : : : : O hushed October morning mild,Thy leaves have ripened to the fall;Tomorrow’s wind, if it be wild,Should waste them all.The crows above the forest call;Tomorrow they may form and go.O hushed October morning mild,Begin the hours of this day slow.Make the day seem toContinue reading “October : Robert Frost: : October Poems Months : : Poems : :”
October : Paul Laurence Dunbar: : October Poems : : Months Poems : :
OctoberPaul Laurence Dunbar – 1872-1906 : Ohio October is the treasurer of the year, And all the months pay bounty to her store;The fields and orchards still their tribute bear, And fill her brimming coffers more and more. But she, with youthful lavishness, Spends all her wealth in gaudy dress,And decks herself in garments boldContinue reading “October : Paul Laurence Dunbar: : October Poems : : Months Poems : :”
Poem in October :DYLAN THOMAS : : October Poems : : Months Poems : :
Poem in OctoberBY DYLAN THOMASIt was my thirtieth year to heavenWoke to my hearing from harbour and neighbour wood And the mussel pooled and the heron Priested shore The morning beckonWith water praying and call of seagull and rookAnd the knock of sailing boats on the net webbed wall Myself to set foot That secondInContinue reading “Poem in October :DYLAN THOMAS : : October Poems : : Months Poems : :”
A Calendar of Sonnets : October : Helen Hunt Jackson : : October Poems : : Months Poems : :
A Calendar Of Sonnets : October : : : : By Helen Hunt Jackson ( 1830-85 ) : Amherst, Massachusetts : : : : The month of carnival of all the year,When Nature lets the wild earth go its way,And spend whole seasons on a single day.The spring-time holds her white and purple dear;October, lavish,Continue reading “A Calendar of Sonnets : October : Helen Hunt Jackson : : October Poems : : Months Poems : :”
An October Garden : Christina Rossetti : ( 1 ) : : Poem Recitation : ( 2 ) : : October Poems : : Months Poems : :
An October GardenChristina Rossetti – 1830-1894 In my Autumn garden I was fain To mourn among my scattered roses; Alas for that last rosebud which unclosesTo Autumn’s languid sun and rainWhen all the world is on the wane! Which has not felt the sweet constraint of June, Nor heard the nightingale in tune. Broad-faced astersContinue reading “An October Garden : Christina Rossetti : ( 1 ) : : Poem Recitation : ( 2 ) : : October Poems : : Months Poems : :”
The Shepherd’s Calendar: October : John Clare : : October Poems : : Months Poems : :
The Shepherd’s Calendar – October : : by John Clare ( 1793 – 1864 ) ( Northamptonshire / England ) Nature now spreads around in dreary hueA pall to cover all that summer knewYet in the poets solitary waySome pleasing objects for his praise delaySomthing that makes him pause and turn againAs every trifle willContinue reading “The Shepherd’s Calendar: October : John Clare : : October Poems : : Months Poems : :”
September, 12 Poems : September Poems : : Months Poems : :
* SeptemberBY JOANNE KYGER The grasses are light brown and the ocean comes in long shimmering lines under the fleet from last night which dozes now in the early morning Here and there horses graze on somebody’s acreage Strangely, it was not my desire that bade me speak in church to be released but memoryContinue reading “September, 12 Poems : September Poems : : Months Poems : :”
MADHU MALTI 