Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AUTUMN, by AMY LOWELL


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First Line: They brought me a quilled, yellow dahlia
Last Line: All I once possessed?
Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men


They brought me a quilled, yellow dahlia,
Opulent, flaunting.
Round gold
Flung out of a pale green stalk.
Round, ripe gold
Of maturity,
Meticulously frilled and flaming,
A fire-ball of proclamation:
Fecundity decked in staring yellow
For all the world to see.
They brought a quilled, yellow dahlia,
To me who am barren
Shall I send it to you,
You who have taken with you
All I once possessed?





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