Friday, October 2, 2015

A Book of the Seasons: October 2


October 2.

At the Cliffs I find
wasps prolonging their short lives
on the sunny rocks.
October 2, 1851

The fresh bright scarlet
prinos berries seen in prime
amid fresh green leaves.
October 2, 1856





The fringed gentian
has been out some time and most
already withered.

After rain and wind
each morning now is fresher
cooler and brighter.
October 2, 1858

The sour scent of ferns
reminds me of the season
and of the past years.
October 2, 1859

this afternoon the
sour scent of decaying ferns 
reminds me of the
season and  past years–
cinnamon ferns .
October 2,1859


October 2, 2014

A Book of the Seasons, by Henry Thoreau
"A book, each page written in its own season,
out-of-doors, in its own locality."
~edited, assembled and rewritten by zphx © 2009-2015

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