going home by Aonghas
MacNeacail from The Faber Book of Twentieth Century Scottish Poetry
see the geese
journeying and
the swallows
long since the cuckoo
went
see the red leaves
rising on
the wing of a gust
rising and travelling
the salmon is a great way
out
on his journey
the sun reclining
moon rising
in their familiar changing parabolas
summer journeying
autumn on his back
a great spreading behind
back and forward on the
wharf
an exile back and forward
back and forward
back and forward
I woke up this morning a bit chilly from sleeping with my window open last night. The clamorous thunder storms that rolled through yesterday afternoon and evening have brought a foretaste of autumn. And as it's been a while since I posted a virtual art gallery, I decided a few autumn images by famous artists would be just the thing to accompany this poem by Aonghas MacNeacail and his invitation to see the signs that tell of the changing of the seasons. For me the first signs were the early apples at my favorite farm market (Zestars are a new favorite) and the already-reddening-leaves on the dogwood trees in the yard. What signs are you noticing of summer journeying with autumn on his back?
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| An Autumn Stroll - Renoir |
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| By the Stream, Autumn - Gaugin |
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| The Church of Old Lyme, Connecticut - Hassam |
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| Autumn Asters |
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| Birkenwald - Klimt |
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