The most famous of poems about the fall is probably still Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 73”—the poem with the line “Bare ruin’d choirs, where late the sweet birds sang.” It appeared last week as The New York ...

For centuries, poets have turned to autumn as a mirror for the human condition, a season oscillating between abundance and ...

Across centuries and continents, poets have turned to autumn as a mirror of human experience: a time when beauty and decay, ...

As part of a series of seasonal conversations and poetry, Todd Moe spoke with Vermont poet David Crews about his poems and their connections to... Oct 18, 2023 — As part of a series of seasonal ...

As autumn sleds into winter, winners of the Cape Cod Times Poetry Contest all contain a sense of departure ― even a touch of melancholy: Leaves die in fiery splendor, edged in golden sunlight. Poet ...

In the desert's embrace, warm autumn arrives,A tapestry of hues, where life still survives —Where barren lands meet with the azure sky,A symphony of color begins to fly. The sun, a golden orb, casts ...

For Dante Gabriel Rossetti, the road that began at age twenty led inexorably to the consolations of wombats, whiskey, chloral, and the culmination of the grave. From our vantage point, this poem falls ...