Monday, November 14, 2022

Loving the Red Leaves Best

Every September, October, November
I re-live in my heart the truth of Ada's observation,
quoted several times before*:

"Ada had tried to love all the year equally . . .
Nevertheless, she could not get over loving autumn best . . .
"

Cold Mountain ~ Charles Frazier

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And to take it one step further,
nor can I, autumn after autumn, get over
loving the red leaves best!

The poets, even those deprived of sight,
have named the red leaves fire & scarlet:

Helen Keller:
Oh, what a beauty doth the world put on
These peerless perfect autumn days . . .
with brightly painted leaves . . .
But so exquisitely blended are the lights and shades,
The golds, scarlets and purples, that no sense is wearied
. . . [see ~ also]

Archibald MacLeish:
"Autumn is the American season. In Europe the leaves turn yellow or brown and fall. Here they take fire on the trees and hang there flaming. Life, too, we think, is capable of taking fire in this country; of creating beauty never seen."
Disclaimer, with apologies to MacLeish
the red leaves both here & above
were photographed in England!

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*Always Autumn

Time's Most Favored Season

My Times

Bright Blue Autumn

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