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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BY THE OLD COACH ROAD, by SUSAN WILBUR JONES
First Line: Butterfly weed creeps up on this old garden
Last Line: Drops fragrance and white blossom.
Subject(s): Gardens & Gardening; Wellesley College
First Line: Butterfly weed creeps up on this old garden
Last Line: Drops fragrance and white blossom.
Subject(s): Gardens & Gardening; Wellesley College
BUTTERFLY weed creeps up on this old garden
In patches of orange.
Here are left of the planting
Only stray phlox, pale purple,
A single black-fanged tiger lily.
The eaves slant and droop.
The locust tree by the door
Drops fragrance and white blossom.
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