21st October - a month of autumn to Halloween

[byslantedlight]

Only ten days left of October...

Poetry for October
Autumn Song
by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Know'st thou not at the fall of the leaf
How the heart feels a languid grief
Laid on it for a covering,
And how sleep seems a goodly thing
In Autumn at the fall of the leaf?

And how the swift beat of the brain
Falters because it is in vain,
In Autumn at the fall of the leaf
Knowest thou not? and how the chief
Of joys seems—not to suffer pain?

Know'st thou not at the fall of the leaf
How the soul feels like a dried sheaf
Bound up at length for harvesting,
And how death seems a comely thing
In Autumn at the fall of the leaf?

Pictures for October
The shorter days of autumn...

Prosfic for October
Present Company by Rebelcat last night - and perhaps combined with too much Buffy earlier in the evening not a very good idea, because I had some rather eerie dreams (including thinking that I woke up and heard the gate outside open, around 2am, when it shouldn't have been!)

A bit different this morning - Practical Demonstrations by Jane, as part of a project. Not as difficult as Old Longings, but still... I just can't see Bodie calling Doyle "pet" at the end of every other sentence, and wanting - quite seriously - to tuck him into bed at night... *headdesk*

...and the Lads!
Well, you should hold hands when it's getting cooler outside... *g*