Two more poets who move seamlessly
from fall to autumn, autumn to fall:
Bittersweet
Here I have come, oh, very close to God
In this high field, festooned with bittersweet.
Both summer and fall are done, and autumn now
Creeps up this hill on silent, frost - shod feet.
And I give thanks that in my heart today,
Time - harvested, the hours of peace and strife
Are linked as here are linked the earth and sky
By the enduring bittersweet of life.
Violet Alleyn Storey
in her book A Poet Prays
from The Call
Delay your leaving, Autumn;
If I must stay behind;
Seep in my heart and pillow it
Against the winter rind.
And may the season coming
Wipe out all trace of fall
Lest in a stranded acorn
I should hear you call.
Anna Maria Caldara
Prague, Czech Republic
No comments:
Post a Comment