Keatsian Mimicry: Fine Fall Feast

 

                                                                                              By Gerard Sarnat 

 "Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness..."

                      -- John Keats, To Autumn

 

If nice to elope during frigid winter

then spring is the time cantaloupe peaks

plus, summer for sumptuous watermelon.

 

Autumn’s when you and I get best honeydew

that results in oversized, slightly overripe fruits

which ooze sweet juice – unless like me, eagerness

 

overcomes prudence to wait just another hour or two…

so as even though well-seasoned, we cut into our not quite yet

ready for primetime’s unseasonably cheap, lovely, mellowest most verdant meat.

 

 About the Author:

Gerard Sarnat has won prizes and is a multiple Pushcart/Best of Net Award nominee. Including four collections of poems Gerry's works have been widely published by Brooklyn Review, Tokyo Poetry Journal, Gargoyle, Buddhist Review, New York Times; Oberlin, Northwestern, Yale, Pomona, Harvard, Stanford, Dartmouth, Penn, Columbia, Johns Hopkins, NYU, Brown North Dakota, McMaster, Maine, British Columbia/ Toronto/ Chicago and Virginia university presses. He’s a Harvard College/Medical School-trained physician, Stanford professor, and healthcare CEO. More details can be found here.