September 1, 2007

GARDEN BLOGGERS' MUSE DAY


September

The golden rod is yellow;
The corn is turning brown :
The trees in apple orchards
With fruit are bending down.

The gentian's bluest fringes
Are curling in the sun;
in dusty pods the milkweed
Its hidden silk has spun.

The sedges flaunt their harvest
In every meadow nook;
And asters by the brook side
Make asters in the brook.

From dewy lanes at morning
The grapes' sweet odors rise;
At noon the roads all flutter
With yellow butterflies.

By all these lovely tokens
September days are here,
With summer's best of weather,
And autumn's best of cheer.

But none of all this beauty
Which floods the earth and air
is unto me the secret
Which makes September fair.

'Tis a thing which I remember;
To name it thrills me yet ;
One day of one September
I never can forget

-Helen Hunt Jackson

6 comments:

  1. This is lovely and evocative, Carolyn. I like it very much.

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  2. Carolyn,
    For Garden Bloggers' Muse Day, I have added a September poem to my blog
    http://catch-a-falling-star24.blogspot.com/2007/09/garden-bloggers-muse-day-september-1.html

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  3. Thanks, Jodi, your post for Garden Bloggers Muse Day is very insightful and well written.

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  4. Hi Dirty Knees, and welcome to Garden Bloggers' Muse Day. Thank you so much for your contribution to our poetry circle.

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  5. I always get in just under the gun! Thanks Carolyn for your reminder. My poem is ready.

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  6. Thanks for joining us once again, Rosemarie. Your poem is wonderful.

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