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“I love to go out in late September among the fat, overripe, icy, black blackberries to eat blackberries for breakfast, the stalks very prickly, a penalty they earn for knowing the black art of blackberry-making; and as I stand among them lifting the stalks to my mouth, the ripest berries fall almost unbidden to my tongue, as words sometimes do, certain peculiar words like strengths or squinched, many-lettered, one-syllabled lumps, which I squeeze, squinch open, and splurge well in the silent, startled, icy, black language of blackberry - eating in late September.”

Book:A New Selected Poems

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A New Selected Poems

This book is a curated selection of poems, offering readers a diverse array of literary expressions and emotional insights. The poems within are believed to span various subjects and emotions, providing a rich tapestry of poetic expression. more

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Galway Kinnell

Galway Kinnell was an American poet celebrated for his evocative and often mystical imagery. His poetry frequently delved into themes of nature, spirituality, and the human condition, earning him a place among the most influential poets in American literature. Kinnell's work is known for its emotional depth and lyrical beauty, which have garnered him numerous awards and a lasting legacy. more

“Taxi September along Jessore Road Oxcart skeletons drag charcoal load past watery fields thru rain flood ruts Dung cakes on treetrunks, plastic-roof huts Wet processions Families walk Stunted boys big heads don't talk Look bony skulls & silent round eyes Starving black angels in human disguise.”

“Lyric night of the lingering Indian Summer, Shadowy fields that are scentless but full of singing, Never a bird, but the passionless chant of insects, Ceaseless, insistent. The grasshopper's horn, and far-off, high in the maples, The wheel of a locust leisurely grinding the silence Under a moon waning and worn, broken, Tired with summer.”

Night Silence Fields Broken Moon Summer Singing Bird Tired Indian Wheels Worn September Insects Horns Lingering Maple Grasshoppers Indian Summer

Book:Collected Poems

Source: Collected Poems

“My life's long radiant Summer halts at last, And lo! beside my path way I behold Pursuing Autumn glide: nor frost nor cold Has heralded her presence; but a vast Sweet calm that comes not till the year has passed Its fevered solstice, and a tinge of gold Subdues the vivid colouring of bold And passion-hued emotions. I will cast My August days behind me with my May, Nor strive to drag them into Autumn's place, Nor swear I hope when I do but remember. Now violet and rose have had their day, I'll pluck the soberer asters with good grace And call September nothing but September.”

Source: Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics)

“Grant, Goddess, thy protection, And in protection, strength, And in strength, understanding, And in understanding, knowledge, And in knowledge the knowledge of justice, And in the knowledge of justice, the love of it, And in that love, the love of all existences, And in the love of all existences, the love of Goddess and all goodness.”

Spirit Religion Spirituality Understanding Justice Existence Goodness Protection God Love Grants Goddess September Understanding Knowledge

Author:Iolo Morganwg

“Of the infinite variety of fruits which spring from the bosom of the earth, the trees of the wood are the greatest in dignity.”

Earth Tree Spring Dignity Infinite Fruit Woods Variety Bosoms Inspirational Tree

Book:Rural Hours

Source: Rural Hours

“And see the peaceful trees extend their myriad leaves in leisured dance- they bear the weight of sky and cloud upon the fountain of their veins.”

Tree Sky Bears Weight Clouds Peaceful Veins Fountain Forests And Trees Sky And Clouds

Author:Kathleen Raine

“What kind of times are they, when A talk about trees is almost a crime Because it implies silence about so many horrors?”

Kind Silence Tree Crime Horror

Author:Bertolt Brecht

“In an orchard there should be enough to eat, enough to lay up, enough to be stolen, and enough to rot on the ground.”

Should Enough Tree Lays Fruit Stolen Orchard Fruit Trees

Book:The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works, in chronological order; a series of his epistolatory correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published: the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great-Britain, for near half a century during which he flourished

Source: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works, in chronological order; a series of his epistolatory correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published: the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great-Britain, for near half a century during which he flourished

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