Autumn
by T.E. Hulme
A touch of cold in the Autumn night—
I walked abroad,
And saw the ruddy moon lean over a hedge
Like a red-faced farmer.
I did not stop to speak, but nodded,
And round about were the wistful stars
With white faces like town children.
T.E. Hulme (1883–1917) was an English poet and critic who helped lay the groundwork for modernist poetry. A founder of Imagism, he championed clarity, hard edges, and precise visual images in verse, rejecting Victorian ornament. Though he published only a handful of short poems, pieces like “Autumn” influenced writers such as Ezra Pound and H.D. Hulme was killed in World War I, leaving a small but lasting mark on twentieth-century poetry.
