Today I'm honoring the turn of the year with a lovely poem by Helen Hunt Jackson. It would make a beautiful copywork page for a new nature journal! Here is a snippet for you to enjoy:
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.
You can read the rest of this poem here. Another poem of Ms. Jackson's that I happen to love is October's Bright Blue Weather, but I'll save that one for next month. ;)
But if I may, let me refer you to a poetry post from earlier this week when we lit The First Fire of the Season ... and don't forget to stop by A Chair, A Fireplace and a Tea Cozy later today for the whole Poetry Friday roundup!
ETA: this week's Poetry Friday roundup can be found at Big A little a. :)
