September

 

Autumn by Juliette Crane

"Tang of fruitage in the air; 

Red boughs bursting everywhere; 

Shimmering of seeded grass; 

Hooded gentians all a'mass. 

Warmth of earth, and cloudless wind 

Tearing off the husky rind, 

Blowing feathered seeds to fall 

By the sun-baked, sheltering wall. 

Beech trees in a golden haze; 

Hardy sumachs all ablaze, 

Glowing through the silver birches. 

How that pine tree shouts and lurches!

From the sunny door-jamb high,

Swings the shell of a butterfly.

Scrape of insect violins

Through the stubble shrilly dins.

Every blade's a minaret

Where a small muezzin's set,

Loudly calling us to pray

At the miracle of day.

Then the purple-lidded night

Westering comes, her footsteps light

Guided by the radiant boon

Of a sickle-shaped new moon."

 Amy Lowell, Late September 

Hello There!  Guess what?  The talented Juliette Crane (the artist who created the mixed media work that's featured on this post) will be my Behind the Blog subject next week.  I am so looking forward to learning more about this creative soul.  Wishing everyone a great weekend.  

BIG Hug, Malia