Artist. This poem, signed by Joseph Up­per, was awarded first prize in the quatrain contest held by Wings, a quarterly of verse. More than 2,500 poems was submitted and 1,100 per­sons competed. Joseph Upper is Joseph U. Harris, for many years a resident of Water- town. His brother, the late George A. Harris, was a member of the editorial staff of The Times a quar­ter century ago. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Harris, Mr. Harris is now a resident of Washington, D. C., and is employed In the government service. I think October must have loved in vain, How otherwise can she por­tray such grief, Painting with crimson or with yellow stain A whole life's story on a fall­ing leaf?