Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, OCTOBER, by RAY CLARKE ROSE


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OCTOBER, by                    
First Line: The pippins swinging on the bending boughs
Last Line: Her gold hair tossing in the autumn wind.
Subject(s): Autumn; October; Seasons; Fall


The pippins swinging on the bending boughs,
Like rosy children, nod among the leaves;
While in the tree's shorn top a robin grieves
And croons faint echoes of his springtime vows.
From far afield the home-returning cows
Moo low as lost in strange soliloquies.
The dry grass murmurs like far-distant seas.
The hillside masquerades its purple brows
In brilliant foliage, whose sunset hues
Recall the blossoms of departed June.
Upon the cottage porch, where Summer twined
Her garlands, and now whispers her adieux,
A red-cheeked maiden hums a mellow tune,
Her gold hair tossing in the autumn wind.





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