Saturday, October 29, 2005

for the autumn children

A Vagabond Song, by Carmen Bliss

THERE is something in the autumn that is native to my blood—  
Touch of manner, hint of mood;  
And my heart is like a rhyme,  
With the yellow and the purple and the crimson keeping time.     

The scarlet of the maples can shake me like a cry          
Of bugles going by.  
And my lonely spirit thrills  
To see the frosty asters like a smoke upon the hills.     

There is something in October sets the gypsy blood astir;  
We must rise and follow her,  
When from every hill of flame  
She calls and calls each vagabond by name.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thats just right pretty girl. I can feel autumn in your writing. Paula

Anonymous said...

Wonderful........................Stormie

Anonymous said...

Oh, I didn't write this - it's by Carmen Bliss.  I remember reading it when I was a kid, and thinking - wow!  it spoke to me then as much as it speaks to me now.  I put the author and title in a more prominent place.  My bad, it was too small for folks to see, but i didn't think about that when posting.

Anonymous said...

love that poem


lizzzza

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Anonymous said...

Very, very nice.  :)
Dianne