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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET, by DOROTHY MOORE GARRISON
First Line: The autumn loitered through the valley lanes
Last Line: And all our summer sowing had been lost.
Subject(s): Winter
First Line: The autumn loitered through the valley lanes
Last Line: And all our summer sowing had been lost.
Subject(s): Winter
The autumn loitered through the valley lanes,
Along the foothills where the lichens grow
Pale green across the rocks. The rivers flow
Ice-free, swelled by the season's early rains.
And on the rocky slopes above the plains,
The clustered aspen trees were set a-glow;
But winter grips the earth before we know.
We lost our chance to garner summer gains.
Within the space of sunset and a dawn,
The winter came upon us iron-shod,
Blackened the gardens with a killing frost.
We had delayed too long. The mild days gone,
Earth locked our root-crops in the icy sod
And all our summer sowing had been lost.
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