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The Hoofs of Pegasus

Chapter 3: IN OCTOBER
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A collection of short lyrical poems that weave mythic and religious imagery with intimate observations of nature and interior feeling. Many pieces draw on classical figures and Renaissance art, while others reflect domestic scenes, sleep, music, and sacrament; recurrent motifs include night and light, birds, water, and ritual. Voice shifts between contemplative reverie and pastoral detail, exploring longing, faith, and creative impulse. The sequence moves through imagistic vignettes—moonlit meadows, bathing maidens, sacramental harvests, and dreams—linking private emotion to larger spiritual and mythical resonances.

IN OCTOBER

IN a shower of ruddy gold From a thinning tree Jove comes down. Naked, brown, The earth lies Danae.
Still she lies with hushed breath; Through each dreaming clod Runs the fire Of desire, Passion of a god.
Danae lies in her dark tower. On a March hillside Springs the wheat— There the feet Of young Perseus stride.