Scott Bates describes the trees undergoing a months-long striptease in “Maple Dance.”
Tag Archives: Autumn
Beholding the Summer Dead before Me
Shakespeare and Swinburne both write powerful poems about autumn.
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Walking Out in the Sun of October
As we enter October, revel in Dylan Thomas’ celebration of the season.
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The Violins of Autumn
I still remember memorizing, as a child in a French school, Paul Verlaine’s deliciously sad “Chanson d’automne.”
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We All Are Falling
A spiritual poem by Rilke about falling leaves.
In Praise of Irreverent Squirrels
This Scott Bates poem about autumn also captures his irreverence for authority.
Autumn’s Subterranean Mysteries
Oliver’s “Fall Song” captures the “rich spiced residues” of autumn.
Autumn Striptease
As Scott Bates sees it, trees in autumn are involved in a joyous striptease.
