{"id":1413,"date":"2011-10-19T12:08:26","date_gmt":"2011-10-19T12:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/dls\/?p=1413"},"modified":"2013-10-30T11:00:53","modified_gmt":"2013-10-30T16:00:53","slug":"iowa-writes-autumn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/2011\/10\/19\/iowa-writes-autumn\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa Writes autumn"},"content":{"rendered":"

NATHANIEL LETCHER
\nautumn fate<\/em><\/p>\n

\n

wet, limp leaves
\nhelplessly meshed
\nin between the weave
\nof a thin railed fence
\ncoated in grey paint<\/p>\n

http:\/\/digital.lib.uiowa.edu\/u?\/dp,1951<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

MADDIE MORIYAMA
\nAutumn<\/em><\/p>\n

\n

I sit on the house steps. I see memories rush past me as new ones come back. Golden leaves fall to the ground. I walk inside. Crinkle. I walk into my empty house. Nobody is here to greet me. I walk into
\nmy hollow room. I sit on the cold, bare floor.
\nTears fall down my cheeks. My old memories, my old friends,
\nmy old house. Everything is gone. A new beginning appears.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

http:\/\/digital.lib.uiowa.edu\/u?\/dp,3083<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

LAURA LITTLEFORD
\nWater Garden, No. 5 (Katherine Kadish, monotype)<\/em><\/p>\n

\n

Autumn leaves, curved as black hearts,
\ncast a single red shadow. Thrusting
\nheart, grasping shadow. There is no
\nrelease from beauty.
\nThere is no release.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/digital.lib.uiowa.edu\/u?\/dp,2785<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

JOANNA NAOMI TATMAN
\nFlicker<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

Trailing the car
\nIn front of me<\/p>\n

I follow the wake
\nOf autumn leaves<\/p>\n

Parted in our passing.
\nA million spinning tops<\/p>\n

That pirouette and flutter
\nDancing the ballet<\/p>\n

Of the season.
\nTwisting and twirling<\/p>\n

The troupe attempts to
\nTake flight<\/p>\n

Not knowing they’ve fallen
\nFrom glory<\/p>\n

And that winter has
\nPulled the curtain.<\/p>\n

But yet still
\nThey shimmer and dance<\/p>\n

Applauded only
\nBy my glaring taillights.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

http:\/\/digital.lib.uiowa.edu\/u?\/dp,2945<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

MARVIN BELL
\nHeading Home (from Port Townsend, Washington)<\/em><\/p>\n

\n

From clouds assembling, from cinders flying, from the whistle of skeleton bones,
\nfrom the smell of fennel blown inland near the dock,
\nfrom a line of gull song screaming
\nabove the Bay, from that which is less than a ripple below
\nor a wisp on high,
\nwe know to return, each autumn, to Iowa,
\nagain to pick up the leaves where we left them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

http:\/\/digital.lib.uiowa.edu\/u?\/dp,3029<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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