Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LADY WITH A DATE, by EDNA BACON MORRISON First Line: October flaunts a new array Last Line: She's stepping out with him. | ||||||||
October flaunts a new array Of gay autumnal clothes, And trails the scent of burning leaves On every wind that blows. Her polka-dotted gown is trimmed With shocks of golden corn, And yellow pumpkins make the chain Which round her throat is worn. Her petticoats and lingerie She shows with wanton pride When dancing down the wooded lanes Of every countryside. Of varicolored shoes she boasts At least a dozen pair, While goldenrod and milkweed fluff She garlands in her hair. She wears a scarf of bittersweet, A cloak of sumac red; And for the evening, silver frost Adorns her lovely head. And yet, despite her gaudy things, She really is quite trim; And when Man Winter comes along, She's stepping out with him. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OCTAVES: 15 by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON DINOSAUR NATIONAL by KAREN SWENSON OPPORTUNITY by JOHN JAMES INGALLS THE CHILDREN'S HOUR by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW LUCY (5) by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ADVENTURE ON THE WINGS OF MORNING by RACHEL ALBRIGHT CLIO, NINE ECLOGUES IN HONOUR OF NINE VIRTUES: 8. OF CONSTANCY by WILLIAM BASSE |
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