Poem Begun On The Autumn Equinox Poem by Ernest Hilbert

Poem Begun On The Autumn Equinox



The graveyard is as orderly and clean
As the playing fields and ballpark nearby.
I park the jeep midway between the two.
I wonder what this short distance can mean.
Partly gone from all that appears early,
At thirty-five I'm at least half way through.
One wine-red leaf sinks through the humid air.
At its end, summer still feels like itself.
Seasons start slowly. They end that way too:
One more check, one more payment, one less hair.
One may still add grains of learning and wealth,
But the mornings that remain seem too few.
There's nothing to hear on the radio.
The river is low, foams white, and runs slow.

Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Topic(s) of this poem: age
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