If you’re reading Mary Oliver’s Twelve Moons as a lunar calendar with me this year, it’s time for another one of the poem’s not associated with a specific moon phase. It seems like there have been a lot of these “extra” poems on the schedule lately. I think we’re at the tail end of the more prolific part of the book. Before long, the poems will come only at the moon phases. I think we have to actually skip a phase or two to make the calendar work out.
At any rate, today’s poem is Aunt Leaf. This is one of the poems that made me think Ms. Oliver may actually have intended her book to be a lunar calendar. It’s certainly perfect for this season of falling leaves. Continue reading
