Old Poetry and the Romance of Autumn

 

 

Wordsworth, the Poet, and Autumn Romance

I snapped this photo near my home. Maples in New England can flame with color, can’t they? The quote from the poet William Wordsworth seemed just right, so I paired it with the picture. (Many thanks from this author for the free GIMP software that’s available!)

Wordsworth was a poet who thought that people should set aside books (which he equated with analytical thinking) and go outside, into nature, to learn about life in a better way.

I think I agree with him – some of the time. But not all of the time. There’s a place for study, for analysis. It does tend to take over our lives, though, and we need to control it.

In Threshold of Destiny, my hero knows all about poetry, having written quite a bit himself during the English Romantic Era. Besides the fact that he’s a vampire, he’s also very opinionated and well-read. He doesn’t necessarily agree with Wordsworth and speaks his mind on this  -and all topics – except when he’s hiding his true nature from the heroine.