Angelee Deodhar Welcomes Us to the Fall

This evening I would like to begin the fall poetry with Angelee Deodhar's work that blends words and images.

Although we may not be ready for fall's workload, I am sure that we are ready for fall's cooler, crisper weather.  Certainly, I am ready for some autumn rains, too!

I am also including a larger-type version of this haiku sequence for those of us who should be wearing our reading glasses.  However, the "visual" above is beautiful, evoking autumn at its best.

Autumn Interlude

pail in hand

I trace the muddy path

of childhood mushrooms

in the twilight

against dusky bougainvillea

the white wall whiter

Japanese dance

in her fan

the changing seasons

crunching underfoot

the breakfast cereal

sounds of autumn

a sparkling cross

protruding from

myriad colored leaves

glowing pumpkins

through the windows

a Halloween moon

burning leaves —

the incandescent scarecrow

mumbles and grumbles

spider strands anchor

the wheels of a cannon

deepening autumn chill

moonless night —

from the harvested field

the hoot of an owl

autumn scrapbook—

I color in the leaves

with crayon stubs

Angelee Deodhar

http://terebess.hu/english/india.html

In addition, Angelee graciously created some visuals of poems that have previously appeared in this blog-zine.  I would like to start with Dr. Michael Anthony Ingram's "A Little Billie in the Morning," a poem that appeared in the Summer 2014 contest:  

http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2014/07/billie-in-morning.html

Catfish McDaris' "17 Cents a Year" is also very moving.  It was part of the Michael Brown contest:
http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2015/03/while-im-counting-votes.html

Will Mayo is writing mainly flash fiction these days, but his poem  "With Memories of the Valley" is well worth revisiting, especially with the addition of Angelee's images.  His poem appeared on July 11, 2015: http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2015/07/will-mayo-returns.html

Felino A. Soriano wrote his spectacular prose poem "Underneath" in response to the music of pianist Vijay Iyer: http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2014/11/monk-iyer.html 

I first met Angelee through poet and editor Karen O'Leary.  Here is Karen's "Riding Spring's Wings": http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2015/05/by-karen-oleary.html

Somewhere along the way I posted a link to my poem "After the Summer of Young Men in a Hurry," a piece inspired by the music of pianist Kenny Kirkland. A.J. Huffman published this poem at Pyrokinection: http://www.pyrokinection.com/2014/08/a-poem-by-marianne-szlyk.html

Martin Willits, Jr.'s entry in the Gene Clark contest truly evokes his song lyrics: http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2014/12/martin-willits-jrs-entry-in-gene-clark.html

Poet and translator Allyson Lima also entered the Clark contest with her poem "Turn":  http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2015/01/more-from-fall-contest.html

The prolific poet Pijush Kanti Deb concludes this series with his poem "Your Cat and My Dog," which appears in his book Under the Shadow of a White Pigeon and in the following entry at this blog zine: http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2014/12/poems-by-pijush-kanti-deb.html 

I'll finish with some music to inspire you for the contest ahead.

Let's start with Eddie Palmieri's "Puerto Rico":  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn-Y8dHri4M

I feel like I've ignored the Brazilians, so here is "The Girl from Ipanema":  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5QfXjsoNe4

I'll add Antonio Carlos Jobim's version of "One Note Samba": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rzNLXxo01Q

Stan Kenton's "La Guera Baila" from his album Cuban Fire is a good transition to the other contest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4thjFjIWXs

In the previous entry, I mentioned Johnny Hodges.  Here is his version of "Don't Get Around Much Anymore": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgVm4NLMBcI

The video below pairs Hodges' "Daydream" with a black and white video of New York City:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iJU8ec0DWk

Enjoy!