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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AUTUMN LEAVES, by WALT MASON Poet's Biography
First Line: The autumn leaves are falling, and poets
Last Line: Kidlets on the floor, around me joy and laughter, and neighbors at the door.
Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; Nature; Seasons; Fall
First Line: The autumn leaves are falling, and poets
Last Line: Kidlets on the floor, around me joy and laughter, and neighbors at the door.
Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; Nature; Seasons; Fall
THE Autumn leaves are falling, and poets heave a sigh, and say that Nature's
calling on living things to die. A pensive melancholy Fall months to poets
bring; but I am fat and jolly and gambol as I sing. I do not think of hearses
when Autumn zephyrs wail, but write some cheer-up verses, and earn nine kinds of
kale. The skies are dark and dreary, the rain begins to spout, but people should
be cheery unless they have the gout. The wind is chill and snappy, the earth is
dank and wet, but people should be happy, unless they are in debt. The wind will
soon be piling big snowdrifts on the plain, but people should be smiling unless
they are insane. I love all kinds of weather, I love the Autumn well, when we
all sit together around the fire and yell, and keep the corn a-popping, each in
his easy chair; the Autumn leaves are dropping—it's little that I care. The
Autumn leaves are falling; I let the blamed things fall; my phonograph is
squalling, "Dear Days Beyond Recall." There's firelight on the rafter, and
kidlets on the floor, around me joy and laughter, and neighbors at the door.
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