Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, NORTHWEST AUTUMN, by EDNA LIGHT DYER



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NORTHWEST AUTUMN, by                    
First Line: This autumn is a gypsy maid
Last Line: And turn her garments gray!
Subject(s): Autumn; Seasons; Fall


This Autumn is a Gypsy maid
Who stole an April moon
To dress herself in flame-chiffon
Beside a blue lagoon.

She gathers colors recklessly
To tangle in her hair,
And spills her perfume, apple ripe,
Upon the cool, crisp air.

She dances through gold-wooded hills
Half wild, a-gleam and gay,
But rain will brew a witch's curse
And turn her garments gray!





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