Showing posts with label autumn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label autumn. Show all posts
Friday, October 14, 2016

Joseph Wood Krutch: Some thoughts on autumn

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Joseph Wood Krutch, prior to moving to Tucson, lived in New England,  and some of his finest writings about nature relate to that period. ...
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Thursday, September 22, 2016

Autumn Poems

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Today, September 22,  2016 is the first day of Autumn, or the Autumnal Equinox, or if you prefer, the Fall Equinox.  In recognition of this...
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Thursday, July 17, 2014

Kenko: longing for the past

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29 "When I sit down in quiet meditation, the one emotion hardest to fight against is a longing in all things for the past.  After th...
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Friday, November 29, 2013

More Autumn Haiku

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The storm has moved on and the sun is now shining on Tucson.         Pebbles shining clear, And clear six silent fish .  .  .         D...
Saturday, November 23, 2013

Some autumn haiku

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The first winter storm has settled down over Tucson for the past two days--temperatures in the low 50s--grey, gloomy overcast skies--rain, r...
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Monday, December 3, 2012

Loren Eiseley: Some short poems and a haiku by Roka

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Footnote to Autumn Old boulders in the autumn sun and wind, Settling a little, leaning toward the light As if to store its summer--these...
Thursday, November 17, 2011

Thomas Hardy: "At Day-Close in November"

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Here's a poem by Thomas Hardy that I just discovered by accident. I opened up the book, The Works of Thomas Hardy , to the middle, app...
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Sunday, October 30, 2011

William Shakespeare: Sonnet LXXIII

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One of my favorite sonnets by Shakespeare Sonnet LXXIII That time of year thou mayst in me behold, When yellow leaves, or none, or few,...
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Monday, October 24, 2011

Loren Eiseley: We Are The Scriveners

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We Are The Scriveners I have not seen her in forty years. She is old now, or lies in one of those midwestern farm cemeteries where no o...
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Serendipity: more autumn poetry from China

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Listening to a Monk From Shu Playing the Lute The monk from Shu with his green lute-case walked Westward down Emei Shan , and at the so...
Friday, September 23, 2011

Fall Equinox

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Like last year, the first day of autumn, or the Fall Equinox, doesn't seem much like fall here in Tucson, where the temperature is expec...
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Fall Equinox

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Today is the First Day of Autumn, although it's a bit hard believing that here in Tucson where the temperatures are still in the high 90...