Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WOMEN AND ORCHARDS, by WINIFRED WELLES


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WOMEN AND ORCHARDS, by                    
First Line: An orchard in the valley
Last Line: Comforted -- like me.
Alternate Author Name(s): Shearer, Harold H., Mrs.
Subject(s): Orchards; Women


An orchard in the valley,
An orchard on the hill,
One has flowers yet to flaunt
All in a lacy frill --
One is bleak and still.

The apple trees were prudent
And calm of bud and root,
For it's the careful blossom,
The cool, reluctant shoot,
That come to certain fruit.

Nearer to sky the peach trees,
Breathless, every one,
Lifted high pink petals
On tiptoe for a run
Tingling to the sun --

Open-eyed and innocent,
Their tenderness was tossed
All in a loving impulse
For a rose kiss and lost
Hideously in frost.

Say what you will for beauty
That takes all spring to tell
How white it is -- brief blossoms,
That flamed before they fell,
Were beautiful as well.

So some can taste fulfillment
From a heavy valley tree,
While some climb up a hillside
Black with scars to be
Comforted -- like me.





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