{"id":15135,"date":"2015-09-05T11:16:29","date_gmt":"2015-09-05T15:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/?p=15135"},"modified":"2015-09-05T11:16:29","modified_gmt":"2015-09-05T15:16:29","slug":"september-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/2015\/09\/05\/september-light\/","title":{"rendered":"September Light"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Archive<\/a>

Archive Photo of the Day: Kristin V. Rehder, Wanakena, NY<\/p><\/div>\n

In her monthly astronomy chat this week, Aileen O’Donoghue put a number to how much less light we have each day as September drags us off beyond the end of summer. That brought on another outburst in my ongoing poetry project, “Light Year,” examining the qualities of light throughout the months.<\/p>\n

Other months: May<\/a> |\u00a0July<\/a> | August<\/a> | November<\/a><\/p>\n

September Light<\/strong><\/p>\n

Counting down toward the equinox, a few minutes less
\nlight each day–hardly enough to notice really, except
\nthat last week I woke to dawn and now I wake to dark
\nand turn the porch light on when going out after supper.<\/p>\n

Otherwise, it seems the same as any summer day. Cooler
\nperhaps, in the morning–no longer the shirtsleeves start
\nto an August scorcher–but still, warm as a kiss on the cheek
\nin the full light of noon. I should have nothing to complain of.<\/p>\n

The leaves remain mostly green, if a slightly duller green
\nfrom the recent spell of dry weather. Only the dying maple
\nout front, shedding bark and limbs these recent years,
\ness-oh-esses its distress in orange and lemon and red.<\/p>\n

As sunny yellow school buses prowl the roads to carry off
\npoor unfortunates sentenced to compulsory education,
\nmaybe that’s what dims my mood. Memory–the other light
\nby which we see the world–all other summers winding down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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