September

September's Baccalaureate
A combination is Of Crickets -- Crows -- and Retrospects
And a dissembling Breeze
That hints without assuming --
An Innuendo sear
That makes the Heart put up its Fun
And turn Philosopher.
--Emily Dickinson

I will give 5 points extra credit to any student who writes out in green ink the poem "September" by John Updike and turns it in by Tuesday, September 4.

This painting is "School House on the Hill," by Diana Digonis, 2004.