The stripped and shapely
Maple grieves
The ghosts of her
Departed leaves.
The ground is hard,
As hard as stone.
The year is old,
The birds are flown.
And yet the world,
In its distress,
Displays a certain
Loveliness.
-John Updike
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Saturday, September 27, 2008
Magnificent Fall
The stripped and shapely
Maple grieves
The ghosts of her
Departed leaves.
The ground is hard,
As hard as stone.
The year is old,
The birds are flown.
And yet the world,
In its distress,
Displays a certain
Loveliness.
-John Updike
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Atlanta has a lot of catching up to do before we will look like this, Mad. But this IS my favorite time of the year! YAY!
Yup....I agree with John....but more than a certain loveliness.....it is lovely. I took the autumn test last year....it lied.
A nice poem to go with this beautiful fall scene!
Look at that...sigh, I love fall.
a.
Beautiful. Mmmmm, autumn is in the air, on the trees and on my mind. I love it.
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