#Poetry #Quote
#autumn
#Wordsworth
“Wild is the music of autumnal winds
amongst the faded woods.”
Through the jewelled Chinars, I wend my way
I feast on golden slivers that on shorn branches sway.
Is it a forest with a dapple of sunlight gone astray
Or Nature saluting Monet?
Wild is the music of the autumnal winds
amongst the faded woods.
***
Perhaps it is the Fall soaked in pensive air!
She whispers to russet glades: hickories, ash and cherry
A wanton breeze flirts with shimmering leaves.
Are maestros’ too inspired by autumnal breeze?
Whilst gazing at falling leaves,
Massennet wove symphonies.
***
Soaked in a riot of colours,
And autumnal strains,
He scribbled concertos with care.
Thaïs, appears, struck by his melody
Lost in rapture of autumn’s soulful silences.
Mumtaz N Khorakiwala
1-3-2022
Glossary
1.Chinars- Kashmir Chinar trees
2.Monet- French Impressionist painter, Claude Monet, known for Autumn Effect
3.Jules Massennet- French composer known for Poème d’octobre, about the hetaira, Thaïs, an Greek courtesan. who embraces Christianity and enters a nunnery.
