Publisher's Synopsis
NOVEMBER GREY: Poetic Paean to an Aging Autumn Season is a poetic sibling to IDYLL - FROM THE AERIE (published 9/23/2017) is a poetic portrayal depicts the process and reality of Nature, where the subject is perceived through the eye of the observer. Here the two phases of objectivity and subjectivity collide as synthesis issues. Hence, another way of perceiving the world, but, in this case, Nature's changing temperament on a late November day marking the near end of the autumnal season. At this time of the year, November is also my favorite month. For me, there is something special about this change of season more than at any other time of the year. For those who see and sense the interconnectedness web of life, as well as being in touch with an ultra reality beyond the mundane view, this narrative realizes the micro view within the macro. This lengthy poetic narrative invites the reader into personal woolgathering and musings centered entirely on a serendipitous outdoor adventure into the countryside. Consequently, there is meditation in the exchange, as well as a chance to slow down the mind and let one's spirit catch up with the process. When the personal stage of one's life is let go, it is then possible to embrace the greater stage, Nature's stage, by which all else soon follows. Here's a sample of three of the many verses in this work (the book's format shows 2 lines followed by a shorter line, then two more lines followed by a shorter line that rhymes with the first short line. Clouds on collision courses vectored north-northeast; like a convoy of ships adrift on a globular blue ocean, Lacked masts and sails. Down below, I was a voyager in a world of solid form; an ingenuous knight-errant, a Paladin in pursuit - Of Nature's Holy Grail. To seek seclusion, I traversed backroads into the backcountry; my desires set on the hinterland where edifices, like people - Were preferably few. And down an unbridled path I hiked, aroused by serendipity; an escapade underway with sentiments heartened My life anew. The air was bracing, seasoned with pervasive scents; a melange of earthy redolence exuded by fallow farm fields - An agrarian backstage. Such a pungent chemistry of organic compounds I tried to identify, an au natural bouquet ferried by the atmosphere, wholly refined - Yet tricky to gauge. Genre: poetry, metaphysics, David Thoreau, Buddhism, cosmology, nature, Thusness, Self, Eastern Philosophy (68 pages)