I've been a devoted subscriber to the Poetry Foundation for years. Today I went on their website in search of a poem to analyze (because there's some copyright issues with today's Poem of the Day) and instead stumbled upon a multitude of great poems.
Poetry Foundation author Becca Klaver compiled some poems regarding labor and the end of the summer, because surprise, today's Labor Day. You can view them here. Klaver describes Labor Day as not only a festival for workers but also as a farewell to summer (though this 80 degree weather makes me feel like summer's going to try to linger for a while longer). The leaves will turn crimson and gold soon, and the temperature will (hopefully) drop, and I can finally start wearing boots and sweaters without feeling out of place. I'm pretty excited about once more bearing witness to the beauty of fall. But for us AP students, the end of summer also signals the beginning of
Anyhow, I particularly enjoyed cruel, cruel summer by D.A. Powell and Lake Echo, Dear by C.D. Wright (anyone else find it amusing that both poets shortened their names? Maybe I should write as A.P. Yan) from Klaver's list, but I wasn't satisfied with the measly sampling she offered. A deeper perusal of poetry about "fall" led me to two more poems that I immediately loved! They are End of Summer by Stanley Kunitz and Now it is fall by Edith Södergran. In my next non-portfolio post, I will try my hand at analyzing Now it is fall. This poem was originally written in Swedish, and I was particularly impressed by the fact that, even when passed through the obscuring force of another language, the words are still so poignant.
Enough of my blabbing. Happy September, everyone
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