{"id":7238,"date":"2006-11-20T23:36:54","date_gmt":"2006-11-21T03:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/11\/20\/holding-on-to-autumn\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:53","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:53","slug":"holding-on-to-autumn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/11\/20\/holding-on-to-autumn\/","title":{"rendered":"holding on to autumn"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first truly wintry winds blew along the banks of the Mohawk River today, here in Schenectady, New York.\u00a0 The chill reminded me that I’m not quite ready to see autumn go, and not quite ready to put on my holiday face, despite the joyous moments that are sure to happen around a Thanksgiving feast, just three days from now.\u00a0 Andrew Riutta and Matt Morden seem to reflect my own spirits in the poems below.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0\"TurkeySil\"<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

the old days . . .
\nautumn colors
\nblack and white<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

instant coffee
\na stirring of leaves
\nin the courtyard<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

holding my own . . .
\nautumn colors
\nlet go<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

leafless trees\u2014
\nan old man stares at himself
\nin the river<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

how cold:
\nsunshine through
\na leafless willow<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

autumn wind—
\na leaf and homeless man
\ncross paths<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

in her silence
\nthe tea kettle
\nannounces winter<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

small world
\nin the rear-view mirror
\neverywhere I’ve been
\n. . . . . .\u00a0 by andrew riutta<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\"TurkeySil\"
\n\u00a0<\/p>\n

early frost
\nmy daughter asks me to
\nturn the music down<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

november dusk
\nan owl chases
\ncommuters home<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

mid-life crisis
\nraking up leaves
\nin the wind<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

autumn dusk
\nfollowing a poet’s car
\nto the rainbow’s end<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

. . . . by matt morden<\/a>\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

a third helping
\nof Thanksgiving politics
\nI bite my tongue\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

harsh wind
\ntakes the tree’s last leaves —
\nslowly undressing her<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thanksgiving rush —
\nnot as late
\nas that flock of geese<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

. . . by dagosan<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

andrew riutta<\/a>\u00a0
\n“the old days . . .”\u00a0 – for Linda Chambers, Full Moon Magazine<\/em> (2005)
\n“instant coffee” – SP Quill<\/em>–Autumn 2005
\n“leafless trees” – Simply Haiku<\/em> (Autumn 2005)
\n“how cold” – Full Moon Magazine<\/em> (2005)
\n“small world”\u00a0– clouds peak<\/em> #1 (July 1, 2006)<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"TurkeyWine\"\u00a0 matt morden<\/a>\u00a0
\n“early frost” –\u00a0\u00a0 Morden Haiku<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 (Nov. 22, 2005)<\/p>\n

“november dusk” – Morden Haiku<\/em> (Nov. 13, 2006)
\n“mid-life” & “autumn dusk” – Haiku Canada Newsletter<\/em> –\u00a0 Vol XVIII Feb 2005 No.1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The first truly wintry winds blew along the banks of the Mohawk River today, here in Schenectady, New York.\u00a0 The chill reminded me that I’m not quite ready to see autumn go, and not quite ready to put on my holiday face, despite the joyous moments that are sure to happen around a Thanksgiving feast, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-haiku-or-senryu"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6kP1R-1SK","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7238"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12613,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7238\/revisions\/12613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}