Monday, April 21, 2008

November BJP Page

Autumn



Fall arrives late and suddenly in southern New Mexico. On any given late November day, the air turns colder, the leaves drop all at once and voila! It is autumn.


Autumn makes me think of my favorite poet, Robert Frost.



The Road Not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both,
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence;
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I --
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.


Topaz crystal beads radiate from a polyclay molded sun face during the shortened daytime hours of this page. Dark amethyst polished nuggets and beads were used in contrast with the yellow "turquoise" jasper stones.

4 comments:

Robin said...

I just read Frost's poem out loud to my husband and both of us enjoyed it. Your autumn/Frost BJP is lovely, mystical... I think Frost would like it too.

Btw, your page on the BJP website is splendid!!! Love all your work!

Robin A.

Padparadscha said...

Great poem, and great piece !

Cindy said...

I love this piece! I feel like I'm walking through leaves & I can hear them crunching.

Timaree said...

ALL of your pages are great. I love how the sun has the shadow side. Your details are amazing.