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Autumn Song
October 2, 2011
In stopping on the silent path
And breathing in the quiet air
And listening for nothing there,
I heard the nothing say:
We are small and we are brave
Marching through and passing by;
Brothers of the silken moon,
Daughters of the treeless sky.
We are stars, in death so small
We are ants, from blackness born:
Our silent work, our silent lives
Do not deserve the giants’ scorn
For we, immortal, underground
In perfect silence sing our songs:
You are here, and this is now,
And soon, O giant, you’ll be gone.
© Anonymous
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This article has 9 comments.
PaigeStreet PLATINUM said...
on Oct. 17 2011 at 2:07 pm
This is a good treatment of Autumn. Some lines, such as the giants' scorn one, don't make much sense within the narrative, but the metaphors are great.
SagaLiSela PLATINUM said...
on Oct. 14 2011 at 8:18 pm
I love the irony of singing songs it silence. It's strong, rebellious, and moving! This piece reads beautifully. I found myself reading it aloud!
sunny.all.day. GOLD said...
on Oct. 11 2011 at 8:29 pm
Wow, this is amazing!! And its just "something you came up with".... well the only slight thing that's bothering me is the last line, I feel like to match the poem, it should be "you will be gone" instead of "you'll" because it just sounds more smooth? But I don't want to tell you how to write your poem :/
