by Editor Wicher Bos
Edited and published by Yvette Depaepe, the 13th of October 2023

'…and the moon stood still for the night bird's song…' by Charlaine Gerber

 

At least in the northern hemisphere autumn has arrived and with it all kinds of traditions. In my series of ‘poems as a canvas’ the wonderful poem "Theme in Yellow" by the American poet and Pulitzer Prize winner Carl Sandburg gave an inspiring canvas for this time of year. His poem hints on one of those traditions… just read and enjoy…

Theme in Yellow

I spot the hills
With yellow balls in autumn.
I light the prairie cornfields
Orange and tawny gold clusters
And I am called pumpkins.
On the last of October
When dusk is fallen
Children join hands
And circle round me
Singing ghost songs
And love to the harvest moon;
 

I am a jack-o'-lantern
With terrible teeth
And the children know
I am fooling.

 

~Carl Sandburg~  (1878 – 1967)

 

Now, let’s dig in the 1x image vault to find some images that for me illustrate these words. Of course, these not replacing the poem, just adding to the sentiments it provokes. Illustrating what I felt and visualized reading it in shapes and colors.

All of them are master pieces in their own right – here they are:

 

I spot the hills

With yellow balls in autumn.

 

'Slovenian autumn...' by Krzysztof Browko

 

 

'Toscany' by Clas Gustafson PRO

 

 

'Nebraska' by Jake Olson

 

 

'Scents of Winter....' by Moo Moodle

 

I light the prairie cornfields

Orange and tawny gold clusters

 

'Late Summer' ( Nina) by Andréa Lobel

 

 

'Corn II' by Mustafa Zengin

 

 

Corn by Ali Akcelik

 

 

'Pumkins' by Anette Tyler

 

 

'moment de toamna cu dovleci' by Vlad Dumitrescu

 

And I am called pumpkins.

 

'Once Upon a Pumpkin' by Delphine Devos

 

 

'Morning Light' by Lydia Jacobs

 

 

'On the verge of autumn to winter' by Eleonora Grigorjeva

 

 

'Mother, Grandmother and (grand) children' by Gert van den Bosch

 

 

'pumpkin' by Malgorzata Kossakowska

 

On the last of October

When dusk is fallen

 

'…the long winding road' by Raymond Hoffmann

 

 

'October Trail' by Norbert Maier

 

 

'October Rain' by Delphine Devos

 

 

'October Rust…' by Robert Fabrowski

 

Children join hands

And circle round me

 

'Listen!' by Annie Whitehead

 

 

'Sisters' by Christian Lechtenfeld

 

 

'Friendship' by Elena Mamrukova

 

 

'Forest musicians' by Tatyana Tomsickova

 

Singing ghost songs

And love to the harvest moon;

 

'Magic Sound' by Stefano Campo

 

 

'The Choir – Coyotes' by Jim Cumming

 

 

n/t by David Dubnitskiy

 

 

'Pumpkinhead' by Sergey Boyko

 

 

'Bring me to life ...' by Iryna Kuznetsova (Iridi)

 

 

'Romantic date...' by Iryna Kuznetsova (Iridi)

 

I am a jack-o'-lantern

With terrible teeth

 

'Smashing Pumpkins' by mario grobenski - psychodaddy

 

 

'Pumpkin' by Sergey Spoyalov

 

 

'Halloween in Hamelin' by Christophe Kiciak

 

 

'Jack-o\'-Scarecrow' by Christophe Kiciak

 

 

'pumpkin carving' by Dave Engledow

 

And the children know

I am fooling.

 

'Scared Children Looking at Night Shadows' by Angela Waye

 

 

'The Storyteller' by Adrian Sommeling

 

Closure

Hopefully you can feel the Haloween-spirit, so beautifully worded in this great poem.... and enjoyed it. Let’s have one more beauty that is far beyond my imagination to close ;)

 

'Even When Death Do Us Part' by hardibudi

 

Wicher

Source: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45041/theme-in-yellow