The first intimations of a change in the seasons prompt a lyrical reflection on what is being named Song at the Beginning of Autumn Now watch this Autumn that arrives In smells. All looks like Summer ...

For centuries, poets have turned to autumn as a mirror for the human condition, a season oscillating between abundance and decline, beauty and loss. In earlier traditions, from Shakespeare to Keats, ...

Across centuries and continents, poets have turned to autumn as a mirror of human experience: a time when beauty and decay, fullness and farewell, coexist. From Shakespeare’s trembling sonnets to ...

Ripeness: autumn is seen as a time when the fruit is ready for picking and the grain for harvesting. It is a time to prepare for the onset of winter. ‘To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells/ ...

Poet Roger Stevens reveals his techniques for writing a poem on a specific topic Sometimes poems arrive out of nowhere. You see or hear something that triggers a thought: crows line up on a piece of ...