October is a month of changes, of transitions, anticipation of the colors even as summer gives us a few reminders of his warmth.

And October ends with All Hallow’s Eve, the evening before a holy day ~ a time of riotous revelry by the forces defiant against God, Father, Creator, Savior.

Creeping upon me with the early chill of October mornings was the realization that Christina Rossett should be next in our Fall into Poetry series. Born 1830 and died 1894, Rossetti is sister to the artist-poet Dante Rossetti of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, the Victorian painters who reached into the past and into mythology for the primary subjects of their lush artwork.

Most know Christina Rossetti for “Goblin Market”, a long narrative poem of two sisters. One sister succumbs to temptation and tastes the fruit sold by the goblins. We’re not going to look at “Goblin Market”. I know you’re disappointed.

Instead, we’re looking at three other poems, two straight-forward and people-pleasing, one personal and puzzling, all three with lessons for all writers, not just poets.

TIMINGS

• 00:00 Welcome
• 00:40 Introduction / C.Rossetti
• 03:30 First Poem / First Lesson
• 07:25 Second Lesson
• 08:30 Second Poem / Cold Poems
• 11:00 Third Poem
• 17:02 Last 2 Lessons
• 19:00 Last Words / Closing

Total Run Time = 21:06

Analysis is All Original Content / No AI Used

LINKS

• Biography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_Rossetti
• “January Cold Desolate” https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/january-cold-desolate
• “A Year’s Windfalls” https://allpoetry.com/A-Years-Windfalls
• “From Sunset to Star Rise” https://genius.com/Christina-rossetti-from-sunset-to-star-rise-annotated
• “Goblin Market” https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44996/goblin-market
• “A Birthday” https://poets.org/poem/birthday

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