Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AUTUMN IS GONE, by ROSELLA G. HANSON


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AUTUMN IS GONE, by                    
First Line: The first drab fringes of winter appear
Last Line: Autumn, past and gone!
Subject(s): Winter


The first drab fringes of winter appear,
The air, damp and chill,
Swift little whirlwinds careen madly about
And fill
The atmosphere with chaff, from off the far flung prairie,
Tumbleweeds and thistles, light and airy,
Race crazily across the outlying expanses
Vying for shelter against occasional fences;
Ominous clouds appear, skies are overcast,
Sheep seek shelter from the wintry blast,
And I am reminded ever and anon
That winter is here, autumn is gone.

As if in warning of approaching storm,
Wild geese honk shrilly on their southward march,
The slim jack-pine, the western larch,
Transplanted from a warmer clime,
Seem pale and colorless and aloof;
Sparrows huddle shiveringly
Beneath the protecting roof,
Chittering collectively as though
To bless the bit of shelter
Afforded them; snowflakes fall eddyingly,
Helter-skelter,
And children playing in the streets
Run quickly home and don
Warmer clothing; thus I am reminded
Ever and anon,
That winter is here,
Autumn, past and gone!





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