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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INDIANA BEECH WOODS: OCTOBER, by ETHEL ARNOLD TILDEN
First Line: Flakes of copper and gold
Last Line: Out of the glistening beechwood.
Subject(s): Beech Trees; October; Trees
First Line: Flakes of copper and gold
Last Line: Out of the glistening beechwood.
Subject(s): Beech Trees; October; Trees
Flakes of copper and gold
Drop from the burning beeches --
Tremble and quiver and float
Down through the shimmering sunlight --
Tremble and quiver and drop --
Shiver -- and then lie still.
Blue birds with scarlet breasts
Flutter and shimmer and float
Against the shining beeches,
Beeches yellow like gold,
Burnished like brass in the sunlight,
Flutter and shimmer and float --
Shiver -- then drift to the southward,
Out of the glistening beechwood.
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