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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LADY WITH A DATE, by EDNA BACON MORRISON First Line: October flaunts a new array Last Line: She's stepping out with him. | |||
October flaunts a new array Of gay autumnal clothes, And trails the scent of burning leaves On every wind that blows. Her polka-dotted gown is trimmed With shocks of golden corn, And yellow pumpkins make the chain Which round her throat is worn. Her petticoats and lingerie She shows with wanton pride When dancing down the wooded lanes Of every countryside. Of varicolored shoes she boasts At least a dozen pair, While goldenrod and milkweed fluff She garlands in her hair. She wears a scarf of bittersweet, A cloak of sumac red; And for the evening, silver frost Adorns her lovely head. And yet, despite her gaudy things, She really is quite trim; And when Man Winter comes along, She's stepping out with him. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: MRS. CHARLES BLISS by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SIGNATURE OF LOVE by KAREN SWENSON EPITAPH IN BALLADE FORM by FRANCOIS VILLON OH! BLAME NOT THE BARD by THOMAS MOORE ON A MOURNER by ALFRED TENNYSON SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 39. NOT CHRIST, BUT CHRIST'S GOD by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) PSALM 23. THE SHEPHERD'S PSALM by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE |
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