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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DEAD PINES, by EDNA COE MAJORS
First Line: Shunned as a menace, in the green forest
Last Line: Through the long years, stand the dead pines.
Subject(s): Pine Trees; Trees
First Line: Shunned as a menace, in the green forest
Last Line: Through the long years, stand the dead pines.
Subject(s): Pine Trees; Trees
Shunned as a menace, in the green forest,
Through the long years, stand the dead pines --
Killed by an enemy sly and malignant,
An enemy that leaves them to stand and decay.
Infested with beetles, insidious beetles,
Inhabited by grubs -- fat, squirming things! --
Riven by lightning, blighted forever!
Stark faces lifted, pleading for rest.
Shunned as a menace, in the green forest,
Through the long years, stand the dead pines.
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