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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DECEMBER, by JOEL BENTON Poet's Biography First Line: When the feud of hot and cold Last Line: Which weaves this spotless shroud of snow! Subject(s): December; Nature | |||
WHEN the feud of hot and cold Leaves the autumn woodlands bare; When the year is getting old, And flowers are dead, and keen the air; When the crow has new concern, And early sounds his raucuous note; And -- where the late witch-hazels burn -- The squirrel from a chuckling throat Tells that one larder's space is filled, And tilts upon a towering tree; And, valiant, quick, and keenly thrilled, Upstarts the tiny chickadee; When the sun's still shortening arc Too soon night's shadows dun and gray Brings on, and fields are drear and dark, And summer birds have flown away, -- I feel the year's slow-beating heart, The sky's chill prophecy I know; And welcome the consummate art Which weaves this spotless shroud of snow! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...INTERRUPTED MEDITATION by ROBERT HASS TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: HOME by LYN HEJINIAN WRITING IS AN AID TO MEMORY: 17 by LYN HEJINIAN LET US GATHER IN A FLOURISHING WAY by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA IN MICHAEL ROBINS?ÇÖS CLASS MINUS ONE by HICOK. BOB BREADTH. CIRCLE. DESERT. MONARCH. MONTH. WISDOM by JOHN HOLLANDER VARIATIONS: 16 by CONRAD AIKEN UNHOLY SONNET 13 by MARK JARMAN THE SCARLET TANAGER by JOEL BENTON |
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