Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE RETURN OF THE FAIRY: 10. HER UNRELIABILITY IN THE MATTER OF NAMES, by HUMBERT WOLFE


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THE RETURN OF THE FAIRY: 10. HER UNRELIABILITY IN THE MATTER OF NAMES, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Then as to her name, the pitiful
Last Line: To have one at all.
Subject(s): Fairies; Elves


THEN as to her name, the pitiful
fact is,
that, not being told of
our usual practice,
she let it be known
that, for personal reasons,
she preferred it to change
with the change of the seasons.
She was Lilac in May-time,
Carnation in June,
Aurora by day-time,
Diana by moon.
But in March and November,
in rain or in squall,
she didn't remember
to have one at all.





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