A Leaf Falls

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l(a

le

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one

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iness

e.e. cummings

Happy first day of Autumn.

I wanted to share one of my favorite poems with you on the day of the Autmnal Equinox. Yes, that is a poem in it's correct form. The title of this poem is “l(a”. The periods on top of the poem are the only way blogger editing would allow me to have the poem down far enough so that the original form that Mr. Cummings wrote it in would remain intact. What makes this poem so mesmerizing to me is the fact that Mr Cummings specifically wrote it in this format for impact, a very purposeful impact, to drive home not only the visual of a leaf falling and twirling through the air down, down, down to the ground, but also to separate the small case letter "l" from it's counterparts to drive home the feeling of loneliness. Notice that even the word "one" is separated out of the word "l(one)liness" and again the small case "l" which looks a lot like the arabic numeral "1" is also separated. Standing alone, by itself to compound the feeling of loneliness that this poem evokes. Can you see where the words "a leaf falls" are in the poem inside the word "loneliness" (in between the parentheses)? Cummings was a master of form in his poems. I admire his works greatly.

The poem is accompanied by a tatted maple leaf which will count as Motif #16 for the 25 Motif Challenge. It is the "Silver Maple Leaf" pattern by Karey Solomon from her book, Tatting Turns Over A New Leaf. It is tatted in the HDT (Hand Dyed Thread) by Yarnplayer called "Sugar Maple". It is done in size 20 thread. This particular pattern calls on the use of the SCMR (Self Closing Mock Ring) and the Roll Stitch techniques in hand tatted lace.

Thank you for visiting my blog today. Comments are always welcome. I hope you're having a lovely first day of fall. To my friends in the Southern Hemisphere...Happy Spring!

~TattingChic