"Tawny," by Carl Sandburg

Reading/video of a very short poem by Carl Sandburg concerning a color category, a season, and a memory of a face. From his book Smoke and Steel (1922).

link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc-7M088exA

Ginko Divestiture

That old ginko tree flung
its cache of currency at the wind
as if it had taken a vow
of ginko poverty. Here,
it said to Fall, have it all,
and tell Winter to choke
on it, like gall.


hans ostrom 2019

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"Autumn Movement," by Carl Sandburg

"Autumn," by Emily Dickinson

"Fall Wind," by William Stafford