tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post7365340186824639442..comments2024-02-05T00:16:13.698-05:00Comments on Banjo52: Poem of the Day: “Spring and Fall” by Gerard Manley HopkinsBanjo52http://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-11202465439002740362009-10-17T13:48:04.444-04:002009-10-17T13:48:04.444-04:00I think this plays nicely against (and with) the J...I think this plays nicely against (and with) the James Wright poem discussed earlier -- that little reminder that we only rent, never own, our individual points of view from the dust. (It's autumnal INDEED when those poor wives in Ohio realize that the very act of pro-creation has been given up by their husbands. Here's a little thing that equates autumn to political oppression to add to your collection:<br /><br />When Autumn Came <br />by Faiz Ahmed Faiz <br />Translated by Naomi Lazard<br /><br />This is the way that autumn came to the trees:<br />it stripped them down to the skin,<br />left their ebony bodies naked.<br />It shook out their hearts, the yellow leaves,<br />scattered them over the ground.<br />Anyone could trample them out of shape<br />undisturbed by a single moan of protest.<br /><br />The birds that herald dreams<br />were exiled from their song,<br />each voice torn out of its throat.<br />They dropped into the dust<br />even before the hunter strung his bow.<br /><br />Oh, God of May have mercy.<br />Bless these withered bodies<br />with the passion of your resurrection;<br />make their dead veins flow with blood again.<br /><br />Give some tree the gift of green again.<br />Let one bird sing.Gothpunkunclenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-78299059873306175992009-10-17T10:29:52.142-04:002009-10-17T10:29:52.142-04:00Autumn Day by Rainer Maria Rilke? It is certainly ...Autumn Day by Rainer Maria Rilke? It is certainly bleak one... but I recall one by Shelley that bothered me more than Keats' ever did. Thank you for your photos/poemetical thoughs.Brenda's Arizonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17880225110712592548noreply@blogger.com