Wednesday, 16 October 2013

November, the least popular month

November is between colourful Autumn and Christmas 

Maybe that's why many people, especially women, experience a drop in mood after Halloween.  

The advice from sites that deal with this change in mood is: go outside in daylight, walk more, eat well, network more, plan for spring and if you can afford it, fly south.

Over the centuries, poets have slated November:

My November Guest by Robert Frost is one example.  You can find many more polemics against November.  The one exception to the cliched emphasis on cold, loss and isolation is here:
Autumn caveat

                                                   Autumn Caveat

It's mornings like this;
The stingy sun trying to hold back
Even the warmth of its reflection
Flashing coldly In the lake.
When November leaves drop in sudden gusts,
Like a red and yellow flock of birds
Swooping at once to ground.
Or even nights:
When winds reach wet hands
To take you spinning with random paper
Down back street gutters, under straining bridges
To clogged rivers.
It's this:
The time of year, along with spring,
When poets must take care
Not to sing the same old songs
Stolen from tribal memory.

Thomas R. Drinkard


Is it possible to find hope and encouragement in something that will happen this November?

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