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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: LEAVES Matches Found: 219 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A CHINESE POET, by CALE YOUNG RICE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Today the lightest breeze Last Line: One leaf, or life, more? Subject(s): Leaves; Life; Poetry & Poets A CROWN OF AUTUMN LEAVES, by ANNIE FINCH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Our voices press Subject(s): Leaves A LEAF, by JOHN MCGOVERN Poem Text First Line: From out the topmost bulb - a budding sentry Last Line: A withered leaf was hearsed upon the breeze. Subject(s): Leaves; Oak Trees A LEAF FALLS, by MARION LOUISE BLISS Poem Full Text First Line: So tells an autumn leaf Subject(s): Leaves; Autumn; Fall A LEAF FALLS, by LOU MALLORY LUKE Poem Text First Line: The lyric rustle of a leaf Last Line: Shall claim eternity! Subject(s): Future Life; Leaves; Retribution; Eternity; After Life A LEAF-TREADER, by ROBERT FROST Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I have been treading on leaves all day until I am Last Line: Now up, my knee, to keep on top of another year of snow Subject(s): Leaves A WHIRL-BLAST FROM BEHIND THE HILL , by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Were dancing to the minstrelsy Subject(s): Leaves; Storms A WRANGDILLION, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Dexery-tethery! Down in the dike Last Line: And hums like a telegraph pole. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Ghosts; Leaves; Supernatural ALDERS, by WILLIAM WITHERUP Poem Source First Line: Growing in moist earth Last Line: Like a body being swept %by dreams Subject(s): Leaves; Nature; Trees AN AUTUMN DAY, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Like a jewel, golden-rimmed Last Line: Dreams its happy life away. Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs. Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; Seasons; Fall AN AUTUMN LEAF, by CHARLES HANSON TOWNE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Upon my parchment, sadly old Last Line: Of dreams we never quite forget. Subject(s): Dreams; Leaves; Nightmares ANT WORLD: THE LEAF-CUTTERS, by RICHARD FOERSTER Poem Source First Line: Cross-sectioned and cubed Last Line: Leaf bit by leaf bit Subject(s): Ants; Farm Life; Fields; Gardens And Gardening; Insects; Leaves; Nature; Trees ANTAGONISTS, by JOHN DRINKWATER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Green shoots, we break the morning earth Last Line: The footfall of her enemy. Subject(s): Green (color); Leaves AS IF GALVANIC, by ALLAN PETERSON Poem Source First Line: As soon as I sweep, the thrashers put the leaves back Last Line: Nothing like magnets' spinning and clicking little dogs Subject(s): Leaves; Nature ASPEN LEAF IN WINDLESS WORLD, by ROBERT PENN WARREN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Watch how the aspen leaf, pale and windless, waggles Subject(s): Leaves AUTUMN, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "I at my window sit, and see" Last Line: "then, not despised, I'll not complain, / but cherish autumn in her stead" Subject(s): Autumn;leaves;seasons;trees; Fall AUTUMN, by MYRTLE W. CAMPBELL Poem Text First Line: Whirling, swirling, swept from branches Last Line: In place of change that's for the best. Subject(s): Brown (color); Leaves AUTUMN, by BERNICE LESBIA KENYON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Now is the time of thinned and reddened leaves Last Line: When autumn wanes in dark dismantled glades. Alternate Author Name(s): Gilkyson, Walter, Mrs. Subject(s): Autumn; Country Life; Leaves; Seasons; Fall AUTUMN, by SIMON SERFOZO Poem Source First Line: Autumn is plucking the leaves Last Line: Plucking the leaves Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; Seasons AUTUMN, by JESSE SILL Poem Text First Line: In token of his bounteous grace Last Line: Youth will not come to thy beck and call. Subject(s): Autumn; Decay; Leaves; Seasons; Wind; Fall; Rot; Decadence AUTUMN, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A stand of people Subject(s): Graves; Leaves; Tombs; Tombstones AUTUMN IMPRESSION, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A frost came overnight. Then all the day Last Line: A haunt for spirits and a home for stars. Subject(s): Autumn; Earth; Eyes; Frost; Leaves; Seasons; Stars; Fall; World AUTUMN IN CONNECTICUT, by JOHN PEPPER CLARK Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Why does my heart leap with the fall Last Line: Fresh leaves may yet take root Alternate Author Name(s): Clark-bekederemo, J. P.; Clark, J. P. Subject(s): Autumn; Connecticut; Leaves; Seasons AUTUMN LEAVES, by PEARL B. BLOSS Poem Text First Line: Nature turned their somber green Last Line: In other things which grow. Subject(s): Autumn; Growth; Leaves; Seasons; Fall AUTUMN LEAVES, by PIGE EARLY Poem Text First Line: A roll Last Line: Asleep. Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; Seasons; Fall AUTUMN LEAVES, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: The autumn leaves are turning fast Last Line: The spirit doth reveal. Subject(s): Autumn; Cold; Leaves; Seasons; Wind; Fall AUTUMN LEAVES, by JANIE SCREVEN HEYWARD Poem Text First Line: The dear old ladies whose cheeks are pink Last Line: A little crumpled, but lovely still. Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; Seasons; Fall AUTUMN LEAVES, by WALT MASON Poem Text 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 AUTUMN LEAVES, by JONES VERY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The leaves though thick are falling; one by one Last Line: The unseen hues of immortality. Subject(s): Leaves AUTUMN OF LIFE, by MRS. S. W. RUSSELL Poem Text First Line: As leaves fall from trees Last Line: To seek for the infinite. Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; Life; Life Change Events; Seasons; Fall AUTUMN SCENE, by E. FLEMING HOTT Poem Text First Line: Red leaves, whirling in a dance of death Last Line: Alone defiant of the chilly blast. Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; Seasons; Fall AUTUMN'S COLD, by PO CHU-YI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Here's my snowy crown Last Line: To learn from empty boats! Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; Seasons; Zen Buddhism AUTUMN: 2, by DAVID IGNATOW Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A leaf lies shaking Subject(s): Leaves AUTUMN: 2, by DAVID IGNATOW Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A leaf lies shaking Last Line: Facing the tree %from which it fell Subject(s): Leaves AUTUMNAL, by MARK IRWIN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The saffron-colored leaves are cresting into their moment. It's Last Line: It is to be here. And because we are not gone, still we are early Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; Nature; Seasons; Wind AUTUMNAL LEAVES, by EDWARD NOYES POMEROY Poem Text First Line: No more ye sway and shimmer in the sky Last Line: The efflorescence of the opening year. Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; Nature; Seasons; Fall AUTUMNAL SONNET, by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Now autumn's fire burns slowly along the woods Last Line: Poor earth, where we were wont to live and grieve. Alternate Author Name(s): Pollex, D.; Walker, Patricius Subject(s): Autumn; Desertion & Nonsupport; Grief; Leaves; Melancholy; Seasons; Fall; Sorrow; Sadness; Dejection BAMBOO GROVE, by P'EI TI Poem Source First Line: I come humbly to the bamboo grove Last Line: The bright moon, how we shine together Subject(s): Bamboo; Leaves; Nature; Pandas; Zen Buddhism BARTLETT'S QUOTATIONS, by ELAINE EQUI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Here are half a dozen leaves Last Line: Of fire held in the hand Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; Nature; Poetry And Poets; Seasons BEECHWOOD, by JOHN FREEMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Hear me, o beeches! You Last Line: And all around gigantic beeches rise. Subject(s): Beech Trees; Forests; Leaves; Nature; Trees; Woods BEFORE THE LEAVES FALL, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I wonder if oak and maple Last Line: May come through the ripening frost. Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs. Subject(s): Leaves; Nature BREATH GHAZAL 47, by DOUGLAS BARBOUR Poem Source First Line: Leaves fall Last Line: Crunch -- yytwheesh -- whioosh -- where Subject(s): Leaves BURNING AUTUMN LEAVES, by FLORENCE ENGLISH HADDEN Poem Text First Line: The spicy smell of burning autumn leaves Last Line: I light a match, -- then, -- only ashes here. Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; Seasons; Fall BURNING LEAVES IN SPRING, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When withered leaves are lost in flame Last Line: Eternal beauty, back to you! Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway Subject(s): Beauty; Leaves; Spring BURNING LEAVES, NOVEMBER, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: These are folios of april Last Line: New editions every year. Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway Subject(s): Leaves; Publishing; Publishers CHILD'S SONG, by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What is gold worth, say Last Line: Love's worth love. Subject(s): Gold; Leaves; Love CLOSING CEREMONIES FOR THE BICENTENNIAL (AFTER VIETNAM), by ELEANOR WILNER Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It was a long fall, that particular Last Line: Outside of our reach, unwinding. Alternate Author Name(s): Wilner, Eleanor Rand Subject(s): Death; Leaves; Snow; Winter; Dead, The COMPOST, by BENJAMIN SCOTT GROSSBERG Poem Source First Line: We are past the time of myths, past a belief Last Line: I think, this is waht artists do; %I think, this is what god does Subject(s): Decay; Leaves CONTRA MORTEM: THE LEAVES, by HAYDEN CARRUTH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If the sky were green instead of blue its green Last Line: The actual world in the heyday of the leaves Subject(s): Leaves CONTRACT, by KAREN THEMSTRUP Poem Source First Line: This fall, all the leaves die Last Line: The body can arrange its own murder Subject(s): Absence; Autumn; Death; Leaves; Seasons CREMAINS, by BERNHARD HILLILA Poem Source First Line: When leaves no longer live, they Last Line: They happen to be tobacco Subject(s): Fire; Leaves; Politics DEAD LEAVES, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The breaking dead leaves 'neath my feet Last Line: To break of dead leaves in the heart? Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): Disappointment; Leaves DEAD LEAVES, by WALT MASON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The fallen leaves were lying thick upon the Last Line: Be all wrong. Subject(s): Dirt; Gardens & Gardening; Lawns; Leaves; Nature; Public Health DEATH OF PLINY THE ELDER: LEAF, by CHRISTOPHER PATTON Poem Source First Line: In that poor man's field Last Line: They are dangled from heaven as playthings Subject(s): Leaves EARTH POEMS: 5, by JAVIER HERAUD Poem Source First Line: Everything's the color of leaves Last Line: For leaves in bud %and in their burrow Subject(s): Fields; Leaves EVEN THE LEAVES, by SCOTT HORTON Poem Text First Line: No blighting frost has fallen Last Line: Harsh voices prophesying. Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; Seasons; Fall FALL DAY, by ROBERT KELLY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They are blowing the leaves away Last Line: Or would be if there were still leaves Subject(s): Leaves; Children; Childhood FALLEN LEAVES, by HWANG SOG'U Poem Source First Line: Fallen leaves %a shedding of bodily laving Last Line: On the ground, recording %in autobiography their joyful labor Subject(s): Leaves FALLEN LEAVES, by DORA DICKSON MCBROOM Poem Text First Line: I strolled o'er wooded, wind - swept hills Last Line: Because of you, my dears. Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; Seasons; Fall FALLEN LEAVES, by EFFIE WALLER SMITH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Beneath the frost-stripped forest boughs, the Last Line: We need not grieve to lie forgot, like sere leaves 'neath the tree! Subject(s): Autumn; Forests; Leaves; Life; Seasons; Trees; Fall; Woods FALLING LEAVES AND EARLY SNOW, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: In the years to come they will say Last Line: The moon has a sheen like a glacier Subject(s): Leaves; Nature; Snow FALLING LEAVES AND EARLY SNOW, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the years to come they will say Last Line: The moon has a sheen a glacier Subject(s): Leaves; Nature; Snow FOLIAGE, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Come forth, and let us through our hearts receive Last Line: Dear friend! Our fresh delight in simplest nature's hues! Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Subject(s): Leaves; Spring FOR THE ALDERS AGAIN, by WILLIAM WITHERUP Poem Source First Line: Each morning your branches Last Line: Your great spinal discs Subject(s): Friendship; Leaves; Nature; Trees FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY, PHILIP, by JOANNE KYGER Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A superabundance, an excess, a plethora of greetings Last Line: And those far off peaks shining pure and rare Alternate Author Name(s): Snyder, Gary, Mrs. Subject(s): Autumn; Change; Colorado (state); Grief; Leaves; Loss; Mountains; Seasons FRAGMENT, by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Fall! Fall! Poor leaf, that on the naked bough Alternate Author Name(s): Aikin, Anna Letitia Subject(s): Leaves GARNERED, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The tints that fly the autumn leaves Last Line: In blossoms yet to be. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Leaves GATHERING LEAVES, by ROBERT FROST Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Spades take up leaves Last Line: The harvest shall stop? Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; Seasons; Fall GATHERING LEAVES, by ROBERT FROST Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Spades take up leaves Last Line: And who's to say where %the harvest shall stop? Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; Seasons GINGKO, by THOM TAMMARO Poem Source First Line: When we were young, we gathered leaves for a big book for Last Line: And then your memory rustles when the wind blows Subject(s): Books; Gingko Trees; Leaves GREEN LEAVES AND SERE, by MATHILDE BLIND Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Three tall poplars beside the pool Last Line: Three tall poplars beside the pool. Alternate Author Name(s): Lake, Claude Subject(s): Leaves GREENNESS, by ANGELINA WELD GRIMKE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Tell me is there anything lovelier Last Line: Hushing the heart that beats and beats and beats? Subject(s): Grass; Leaves GROVE, by OCTAVIO PAZ Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Enormous and solid Last Line: Little by little, the names petrify Subject(s): Leaves; Nature; Trees HAIKU, by HATTORI RANSETSU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A leaf whirls down, alackaday! Last Line: A leaf whirls down upon the breeze. Subject(s): Leaves; Past; Solitude; Loneliness HAIKU, by GERALD VIZENOR Poem Source First Line: We are like the leaves Last Line: Showing our teeth Subject(s): Leaves HAIKU 2, by MINH LIEN NGUYEN Poem Source First Line: Some leaves fall thinly Last Line: As golden threads from heaven %zig-zag to the earth Subject(s): Leaves HOW THE LEAVES CAME DOWN, by SARAH CHAUNCEY WOOLSEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I'll tell you how the leaves came down Last Line: "it is so nice to go to bed!" Alternate Author Name(s): Coolidge, Susan Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; Seasons; Fall I AM BROWN, by ORALEE BROWN HARRIS Poem Text Last Line: Thanks god, for me and autumn leaves. Subject(s): Leaves I COULD TAKE, by HAYDEN CARRUTH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I could take Last Line: Imperfections that match Subject(s): Leaves I LOVE THESE DAYS, by ANNETTE WYNNE Poem Full Text First Line: I love these days when autumn leaves Last Line: They snuggle close and go to sleep Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves I SAW A LEAF, by DAVID IGNATOW Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I saw a leaf flying in the direction opposite the ground Last Line: A single leaf lay on the doorstep at my feet Subject(s): Leaves I SHAKE MY FIST AT A TREE, by DAVID IGNATOW Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: To see you dead, then there is no answer %to your death but but life, and I am living it Subject(s): Leaves; Trees ICE LEAVES, by JUANITA BROWN TOBIN Poem Source First Line: I feel caught in a snare Last Line: Trees break if they don't bend Subject(s): Ice; Leaves; Trees IN A SPRING GROVE, by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Here the white-ray'd anemone is born Last Line: Each and all these,—and more, and more than these! Alternate Author Name(s): Pollex, D.; Walker, Patricius Subject(s): Flowers; Forests; Leaves; Spring; Thorns; Woods IN HARDWOOD GROVES, by ROBERT FROST Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The same leaves over and over again! Last Line: I know that this is the way in ours. Subject(s): Leaves; Life Change Events IN THE DARK FOREST THE WHISPER', by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Of a million waves Subject(s): Forests; Leaves; Waves IN THE GARDEN - FOR BOBBIE KEVELSON, by MICHAEL DAVID RILEY Poem Source First Line: Each day the old man clipped a leaf Last Line: And memory a life fallen leaf by leaf %into the garden of humility Subject(s): Examinations; Leaves; Plants IN TUSCANY: DEAD LEAVES, by CORA RANDALL FABBRI Poem Text First Line: O swallow, when the dead leaves come Last Line: My leaves are dead, and yet I cannot fly. Subject(s): Leaves LATE IN OCTOBER, by THORA H. SEATON Poem Text First Line: An autumn leaf has fallen Last Line: And fragrant with many springs. Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; Seasons; Fall LEAF BOAT, by RAD SMITH Poem Source First Line: Tiny bugs on this maple leaf Last Line: And then they're going down Subject(s): Boats; Leaves LEAF BURNING, by VIRGINIA EATON Poem Text First Line: I swept the fallen leaves up yesterday Last Line: Clean as if swept with flame. Subject(s): Leaves LEAF SONG, by HELEN AUGUR Poem Text First Line: Come, come, with us for a last wild fling Last Line: They shall freeze our hearts a-dancing. Subject(s): Leaves; Wellesley College LEAF-MOULD, by CHARLES WHARTON STORK Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: What's the chief charm of woods - besides mere trees? Last Line: "here is perennial joy fed rich on death." Subject(s): Forests; Leaves; Trees; Woods LEAF-TREADER, by ROBERT FROST Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I have been treading on leaves all day until I am Last Line: Now up my knee to keep on top of another year of snow Subject(s): Leaves LEAFLET, by TOMAS TRANSTROMER Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The silent rage scribbles on the wall inwards Last Line: And become milder and wilder than here Subject(s): Leaves; Spring LEARNING Q'EPI, by ROBYN EVERSOLE Poem Source First Line: I borrowed a striped cloth Last Line: The smooth weightlessness %of leaves Subject(s): Leaves; Schools LEAVES, by JOHN LEE HIGGINS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I shall think of autumn to the end Last Line: And shall not grieve again at autumn's loss. Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; Seasons; Trees; Fall LEAVES, by DEREK MAHON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The prisoners of infinite choice Subject(s): Leaves; Autumn; Fall LEAVES, by JANE SATTERFIELD Poem Source First Line: I watch them go - %red leaf, yellow Last Line: Nameless, a number on the delible plain? Subject(s): Leaves; Trees LEAVES, by LLOYD SCHWARTZ Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Every october it becomes important, no, necessary Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; Transience; Renewal; Fall; Impermanence LEAVES, by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: On the dry brown bough Last Line: The rustling of their fall. Alternate Author Name(s): Sigerson, Dora; Shorter, Mrs. Clement Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; Seasons; Trees; Fall LEAVES, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: All your sylvan prophecies Last Line: "doomed, alas, to die." Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Leaves; Transience; Impermanence LEAVES, by KATHARINE TYNAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Myriads and myriads plumed their glistening wings Last Line: With faces turned one way. Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan Subject(s): Leaves; Trees LEAVES, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Long ago, when violets were blooming Subject(s): Leaves LEAVES (1), by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poem Text Poet Analysis First Line: Peace to these little broken leaves Last Line: Tremble -- no bigger than a star! Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Leaves LEAVES AND THE WIND, by GEORGE COOPER Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Come little leaves,' said the wind one day Last Line: The snow laid a coverlid over their heads Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; Seasons; Wind LEAVES AT MY WINDOW, by JOHN JAMES PIATT Poem Text First Line: I watch the leaves that flutter in the wind Last Line: And the child, wakening, listens motionless. Subject(s): Leaves LEAVES COMPARED WITH FLOWERS, by ROBERT FROST Poem Text Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: A tree's leaves may be ever so good Last Line: Leaves are all my darker mood Subject(s): Leaves LEAVES COMPARED WITH FLOWERS, by ROBERT FROST Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A tree's leaves may be ever so good Last Line: Leaves are all my darker mood Subject(s): Leaves LEAVES FALLING, by JOHN PEPPER CLARK Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Leaves falling in numbers speak of Last Line: As oracles there is something in the soil Alternate Author Name(s): Clark-bekederemo, J. P.; Clark, J. P. Subject(s): Green (color); Leaves; Spring; Trees LEAVES IN THE WIND, by LUCILE CHANDLER Poem Text First Line: Leaves in the wind fly north, fly south Last Line: Undying! Subject(s): Leaves LEAVES IN THE YARD, by JOHN DANIEL PARSON Poem Text First Line: Go gather leaves and heap them into / pyres! Last Line: Buried, like leaves, in leaves of wilderness. Subject(s): Autumn; Death; Leaves; Nature; Seasons; Fall; Dead, The LEAVES OF LIGN ALOES, by JEAN INGELOW Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Drop, drop from the leaves of lign aloes Last Line: Shall roll back its fold for the day Subject(s): Leaves LEAVES ON THE CAPITOL GRASS, by JAMES DAWSON Poem Source First Line: Sons of a young land prematurely old Subject(s): Leaves LEAVES, SHADOWS, AND DREAMS, by WILLIAM SHARP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I have seen all things pass and all men go Last Line: Grey shadows in the grass. Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona Subject(s): Death; Dreams; Gray (color); Green (color); Leaves; Shadows; Dead, The; Nightmares; Grey (color) LIGHT AND SHADE: CLEARING, by CHRISTIAN WIMAN Poem Source First Line: It was when I walked lost Last Line: As for a moment I believed, %before I walked on Subject(s): Leaves; October LILIES FOR ROSALIE, by FREDERIC ROWLAND MARVIN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Raise your heads, ye virgin lilies Last Line: You shall live with rosalie. Subject(s): Flowers; Leaves; Lilies; Virginity; Vestals LITTLE CHILDREN OF THE WIND, by WILLIAM SHARP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I hear the little children of the wind Last Line: The little tremulous leaves of the wind. Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona Subject(s): Children; Leaves; Solitude; Tears; Wind; Childhood; Loneliness LOVE IN AUTUMN, by CLAUDE HOUGHTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Through the curtains of the rain Last Line: Or the murmur of the leaves. Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; Love; Nature; Seasons; Fall MAN, THAT IS BORN OF WOMAN, by ROSANNA WARREN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It is in slow choking Last Line: Let it go Subject(s): Nature; Leaves MANTIS, by LOUIS ZUKOFSKY Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Mantis! Praying mantis! Since your wings' leaves Subject(s): Mantis; Leaves MAPLE LEAF, by GONG PEIYU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Here is a heart-shaped leaf Last Line: As you quiver on your twig Alternate Author Name(s): Shu Ting; Shu Ding Subject(s): China - Democracy; Leaves; Maple Trees MAPLE LEAVES, by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: October turned my maple's leaves to gold Last Line: Like coins between a dying miser's fingers. Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; Seasons; Fall MARSH LEAF, by DAVID WAGONER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The swamp reeds murmur the song Subject(s): Leaves MESSAGE TO CALIBAN, by ERIC HOWARD Poem Source First Line: Our one fall sign Last Line: His words cathedral-sized %and in those hands leaves Subject(s): Autumn; Fathers And Sons; Labor And Laborers; Leaves; Seasons METAPHORS OF THE TREE, by RUTH STONE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The play yard with its automobile tire Last Line: Where the wind does not pause. Subject(s): Leaves; Parks; Trees MOON OF GREEN LEAVES, by ANNETTE WYNNE Poem Full Text First Line: Moon of green leaves come to me Last Line: Come – the whole world wants to play Subject(s): Leaves; Play NOVEMBER, by JOHN KEBLE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Red o'er the forest peers the setting sun Last Line: The laggard body soon will waft to heaven. Variant Title(s): Forest Leaves In Autumn Subject(s): Leaves; November NOVEMBER TREES, by ANNA BUNSTON DE BARY Poem Text First Line: O sad november trees Last Line: Through death of last year's leaf? Subject(s): Death; Grief; Leaves; Nature; Trees; Dead, The; Sorrow; Sadness O'CLOCK, by FANNY HOWE Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: You float inside your water Subject(s): Time; Leaves; Water OCTOBER, by HELEN PRICE Poem Text First Line: Fill my lungs with october wind Last Line: In a heart too full for singing! Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; October; Seasons; Wind; Fall OCTOBER - A SKETCH, by DAVID MACBETH MOIR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In spring, in summer, in autumnal wane Last Line: Quiet and contemplation mantle all! Alternate Author Name(s): Delta Subject(s): Autumn; Cold; Leaves; October; Seasons; Fall ODE TO AUTUMN, by LOREN KLEINMAN Poem Source First Line: Do not go, autumn Last Line: Like wooden crows %to walk in your limbo Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; Seasons ODE TO FALLEN LEAVES, by MOON DUK-SOO Poem Source First Line: A leaf unhooked from the branch Last Line: Ina gesture of replanting the springtime Subject(s): Leaves OFFERING, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As the hedges, clipt and even Last Line: Yet awhile before they are trodden. Subject(s): Language; Leaves OLD LEAVES, by SYBIL B. GIDDINGS Poem Text First Line: I walked among the forest leaves Last Line: This fruitful fragrance held in store. Subject(s): Leaves ONE FALL, by BROOKS HAXTON Poem Source First Line: Leaves dropped all day Last Line: Showed them while they sank Subject(s): Leaves ONE LEAF, by DAVID IGNATOW Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: One leaf left on a branch / and not a sound of sadness Last Line: In swaying mildly in the breeze Subject(s): Leaves ONE LEAF, by DAVID IGNATOW Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: One leaf left on a branch %and not a sound of sadness Last Line: One leaf and it spends itself %in swaying mildly in the breeze Subject(s): Leaves OUR HIDDEN LEAVES, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, the hidden leaves of life Last Line: God's light falling on the leaves. Subject(s): Faith; God; Leaves; Love; Nature; Belief; Creed POETIC EPIGRAMS: 15. NOVEMBER LEAVES, by CALE YOUNG RICE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In the least leaf of all Last Line: The universes fall. Subject(s): Death; Leaves; November; Dead, The POPLAR LEAVES, by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The wind blows down the dusty street Last Line: As fresh as poplar leaves. Alternate Author Name(s): Duclaux, Madame Emile; Darmesteter, Mary; Robinson, A. Mary F. Subject(s): Leaves; Poplar Trees PRESSING LEAVES, by DAVID WAGONER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My daughters bring me leaves Last Line: To help the others unfold outisde the windows Subject(s): Leaves; Daughters PUSSY-WILLOWS, by RUTH CLAY PRICE Poem Text First Line: Damp dead trees, / damp dead leaves Last Line: Is in the willows! Subject(s): Leaves; Nature; Spring; Willow Trees RAKING LEAVES IN FAIRPORT, NEW YORK, by JOHN KOOISTRA Poem Source First Line: Back where my youth occurred Last Line: I have been standing here %all these years Subject(s): Leaves; Memory; Youth RAKING THE LEAVES, by JOHN CASSELS Poem Source First Line: Here it is, autumn again Last Line: Your little immaculate piles %into blivion Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; Seasons REQUIEM, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A thousand leaves slant down across the rain Last Line: Then lends itself singly to the loam Subject(s): Comfort; Home; Leaves SEPARATE DEAD, by DAVID IGNATOW Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The leaves on the tree in front of my house - they live and die together Last Line: Which the dead are lying, the separate dead Subject(s): Death; Leaves SHE CRUSHES THE YELLOW ELM LEAVES BENEATH HER, by SHANE RHODES Poem Source First Line: Black shoes and lady I want to whisper Last Line: In the burning of leaves Subject(s): Elm Trees; Leaves SO IT'S TODAY, by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: And in the chokecherry this year Last Line: For a few more days of summer. Subject(s): Autumn; Change; Gifts & Giving; Leaves; Longevity; Seasons; Summer; Time; Fall SONG OF THE TREE, by FOLKE ISAKSSON Poem Source First Line: During the final approach before landing Last Line: Return to an existence that had long ago passed into oblivion Subject(s): Forests; Forgetfulness; Leaves; Trees SONNET, by M. WALTHALL JACKSON Poem Text First Line: I have not seen that maples grieve the fall Last Line: And do not know how lovely is their death. Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; Seasons; Fall SONNET: LEAVES, by WILLIAM BARNES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Leaves of the summer, lovely summer's pride Last Line: Holy the silence of your calm retreat. Subject(s): Leaves STEERING WHEEL, by JORIE GRAHAM Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the rear-view mirror I saw the veil of leaves Last Line: Things in the world, you must believe me Subject(s): Automobile Drivers; Leaves STEERING WHEEL, by JORIE GRAHAM Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the rear-view mirror I saw the veil of leaves Last Line: Things in the world, you must believe me Subject(s): Automobile Drivers; Leaves TANKA, by ELIZABETH HAYNES SANDS Poem Text First Line: The beech leaves falling Last Line: Of withered palsied fingers. Subject(s): Autumn; Death; Leaves; Seasons; Fall; Dead, The THAT LEAF, by MOLLY PEACOCK Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: That leaf tries very hard to turn over Subject(s): Leaves THE COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, by JAMES STEPHENS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: As I stood at the door Last Line: Whistled into a hall! Subject(s): Leaves THE COMING OF SPRING, by SAROJINI NAIDU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O spring! I cannot run to greet Last Line: Forgive me, o my comrade spring! Subject(s): Birth; Leaves; Life; Nature; Spring; Child Birth; Midwifery THE CRAB CACTUS BLOOMS, by ELEANOR G. R. YOUNG Poem Text First Line: Today a miracle was swiftly wrought Last Line: "a ""christmas carol,"" bursting into bloom!" Subject(s): Cactus; Christmas Carols; Flowers; Gardens & Gardening; Leaves; Nature THE DEAD LEAF, by ANTOINE VINCENT ARNAULT Poem Text First Line: Waif in the wind, o where Last Line: "where rose and laurel go." Subject(s): Leaves; Wind THE DIFFICULT LIFE OF A YOKOHAMA LEAF, by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Each train that passes Last Line: By the delightful discovery drugstore. Subject(s): Leaves; Mountains; Trees; Wind; Hills; Downs (great Britain) THE EVENING PRIMROSE, by TIMOTHY OTIS PAINE Poem Text First Line: The primrose blooms at eventide Last Line: But made one so by growing there. Subject(s): Growth; Leaves; Primroses THE FALL, by GEORGE EVANS Poem Text First Line: It is a fear for little men Last Line: In reverse Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; Seasons; Fall THE FALL OF THE LEAVES, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Down they come by millions Last Line: Down alleys old of the outworn year. Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; Seasons; Fall THE FALL WIND, by JOHN STUART THOMSON Poem Text First Line: The wind has stalked adown the garden path Last Line: Wing south or somewhere; mute, discouraged band. Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; Seasons; Storms; Wind; Fall THE FALLEN LEAVES, by CAROLINE ELIZABETH SARAH SHERIDAN NORTON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We stand among the fallen leaves Last Line: The present fills our hearts! Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Pearce; Stirling-maxwell, Lady; Norton, The Honourable Mrs. Caroline Subject(s): Leaves; Time THE LAST AUTUMN, by HERMAN EUGENE KITTREDGE Poem Text First Line: The leaves have left me desolate and old Last Line: And lean within my gnarled arms again. Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; Seasons; Fall THE LEAF, by GIACOMO LEOPARDI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Torn from your parent bough Last Line: And thither the laurel-leaf.' Subject(s): Leaves THE LEAF ON THE FLOOR, by J.T. BARBARESE Poem Full Text Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Between fresh sheets Subject(s): Leaves THE LEAVES, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: The leaves had a wonderful frolic Last Line: We'll make a warm quilt for the ground Subject(s): Leaves THE LEAVES, by JOHN COWPER POWYS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The first dead leaves of the year are down! Last Line: Can the world end in a night? Subject(s): Autumn; Fields; Leaves; Life; Seasons; Summer; Sun; Fall; Pastures; Meadows; Leas THE LEAVES, by FRANCIS VIELE-GRIFFIN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The leaves, this morning Last Line: That even now, and alone, they intoxicate? Subject(s): Leaves; Singing & Singers; Voices THE LEAVES DO NOT MIND AT ALL, by ANNETTE WYNNE Poem Text Last Line: That they must fall Subject(s): Leaves THE LEAVES OF THE TREE HIDE THE SUN, by DAVID IGNATOW Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: A leaf in season Subject(s): Leaves THE LEAVES, LIKE WOMEN, INTERCHANGE, by EMILY DICKINSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: To notoriety Subject(s): Leaves; Women; Secrets THE LITTLE LEAF, by ANNETTE WYNNE Poem Text First Line: And so, the little leaf flew far – o far Last Line: And find where the little brook found the sea. Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; Nature; October; Seasons; Wind; Fall THE OLYMPIAN IN AUTUMN, by GARRETT OPPENHEIM Poem Text First Line: The goddess stood among the falling leaves Last Line: And did not hear the falling of the leaves. Subject(s): Autumn; Goddesses & Gods; Leaves; Mythology; Seasons; Fall THE PITY OF THE LEAVES, by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Vengeful across the cold november moors Last Line: They fluttered off like withered souls of men. Subject(s): Leaves THE RED GAZE, by BARBARA GUEST Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography Subject(s): Leaves; Colors THE RETURN OF THE LEAVES, by WILLIAM ALEXANDER PERCY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Leaves and the sweet-choired blue Last Line: Fled, with all but its pain. Subject(s): Hearts; Leaves; Pain; Youth; Suffering; Misery THE SATYRS AND THE FALL, by YANNIS PAPADIAMANTOPOULOS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Yesterday, on a path deep in the woods Last Line: Alternate whirled away the dying leaves. Alternate Author Name(s): Moreas, Jean Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; Seasons; Fall THE SEPARATE DEAD, by DAVID IGNATOW Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The leaves on the tree in front of my house - they live and die together Last Line: Which the dead are lying, the separate dead Subject(s): Death; Leaves THE SERE OAK-LEAVES, by THOMAS WADE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Why do ye rustle in this vernal-wind Last Line: Blight us with thoughts of winter and our graves! Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; Seasons; Fall THE SHAPE OF LEAVES, by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A premonition in the leaves Subject(s): Leaves THE SHAPES OF LEAVES, by ARTHUR SZE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ginkgo, cottonwood, pin oak, sweet gum, tulip tree Last Line: I am living at the edge of a new leaf. Subject(s): Leaves THE SLOUGHING WIND, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Some leaves hang late, some fall Last Line: The tale of winter branches and old bones. Subject(s): Leaves; Winter THE TURNING OF THE LEAVES, by VERNON WATKINS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Not yet! Do not yet touch Subject(s): Birch Trees; Leaves THE UNCONSUMING FIRE, by BETTY PAGE DABNEY Poem Text First Line: The young leaves spring Last Line: Incorporeal light. Subject(s): Leaves; Spring; Summer THE UNCUT LEAF, by ALICE CARY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You think I do not love you? Why Last Line: Ever to see the uncut leaf. Subject(s): Leaves THE WAY THE LEAVES KEEP FALLING, by LINDA PASTAN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It is november Subject(s): Leaves; Autumn; Fall THE WHITE ROSE, by DAVID MACBETH MOIR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Rose of the desert! Thou art to me Last Line: Of glory, like the pure white rose! Alternate Author Name(s): Delta Subject(s): Flowers; Leaves; Roses; Smells; Thorns; Odors; Aromas; Fragrances THE YEAR'S SHEDDINGS, by GEORGE MEREDITH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The varied colours are a fitful heap Last Line: Read that, who still to spell our earth remain. Subject(s): Death; Leaves; Dead, The THE YELLOW LEAF, by DAVID MACBETH MOIR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The year is on the wane - the blue Last Line: Visions, whose resting-place is heaven! Alternate Author Name(s): Delta Subject(s): Autumn; Earth; Leaves; Nature; Seasons; Fall; World THESE DEATHY LEAVES, by JOHN ORLEY ALLEN TATE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Though the grey year scatter these deathy leaves Last Line: With a quick sculpture of a fresh grace. Alternate Author Name(s): Tate, Allen Subject(s): Leaves; Winter THESE GREEN-GOING-TO-YELLOW, by MARVIN BELL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This year / I'm raising the emotional ante Subject(s): Comfort; Gingko Trees; Leaves THINKING OF MY MOTHER WHO FIFTEEN YEARS LATER, HAS GONE EAST ..., by JUDITH MICKEL SORNBERGER Poem Source First Line: How could my mother have known Last Line: Backward glances of the sun Subject(s): Leaves; Mothers And Daughters; Women THREE WORLDS, by SAM HAMILL Poem Source First Line: From the split, dry trunk Last Line: Holds a perfect red flower Subject(s): Leaves; Trees THRENODY, by ROBERT CAMERON ROGERS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In olive leaves a lyre hung Last Line: And lo! 'tis only wind that grieves. Subject(s): Leaves; Nature; Orchards THRESHOLDS, by MARJORIE AGOSIN Poem Source First Line: In the solitude of the plains Last Line: I am a painter who walks Subject(s): Leaves; Nature; Paintings And Painters TO A MAPLE LEAF IN AUTUMN, by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: How like to man art thou! Last Line: Oh, let me fade like thee! Subject(s): Autumn; Death; Leaves; Seasons; Fall; Dead, The TO AN AUTUMN LEAF, by ALBERT MATHEWS Poem Text First Line: The scarlet tide of summer's life Last Line: "dust unto dust,"" our roundelay." Alternate Author Name(s): Siegvolk, Paul Subject(s): Leaves TO BE CLOSELY WRITTEN ON A SMALL PIECE OF PAPER, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lo the leaves Last Line: Look at them well . . . ! Subject(s): Leaves TO BE CLOSELY WRITTEN ON A SMALL PIECE OF PAPER WHICH FOLDED INTO A TIGHT LOZENGE WILL FIT ANY GIRL', by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lo the leaves Subject(s): Leaves; Autumn; Fall TO JOANNA, ON SENDING ME THE LEAF OF A FLOWER ... WORDSWORTH'S GARDEN, by BERNARD BARTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Joanna! Though I well can guess Last Line: I in one page will place you! Alternate Author Name(s): Quaker Poet Subject(s): Leaves; Poetry & Poets; Wordsworth, William (1770-1850) TREES IN AUTUMN, by ANNE MILLAY BREMER Poem Text First Line: Golden starred, lapped in silver brocade Last Line: To each breeze that stirs. Subject(s): Autumn; Eucalyptus Trees; Leaves; Plane Trees; Seasons; Willow Trees; Fall; Sycamores TREES IN AUTUMN, by ROLF JACOBSEN Poem Source First Line: --when the summer's gone out of them Last Line: Defenseless. Now %we see through them Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; Nature; Seasons; Weather TRIOLETS: 4, by SARA TEASDALE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Dead leaves upon the stream Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs. Subject(s): Leaves TURNING OF THE LEAVES, by VERNON WATKINS Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Not yet! Do not yet touch Last Line: Look up now, softly: break it with your eyes Subject(s): Birch Trees; Leaves TWO PICTURES OF A LEAF, by MARVIN BELL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If I make up this leaf Last Line: Come to resemble so much that does not. Subject(s): Death; Fish & Fishing; Leaves; Survival; Trees; Dead, The; Anglers UNCOVERING SPRING VIOLETS BEFORE THEIR TIME, by BILLY C. CLARK Poem Source First Line: I raked some winter leaves away Last Line: Anxiety had been mine Subject(s): Death; Flowers; Leaves; Nature; Violets VEGETABLE EMERGENCY, by MAXINE CHERNOFF Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: There is something new among the vegetables in my garden this morn Last Line: The head has vowed silence Subject(s): Leaves; Plants; Vegetables VIEW FROM THE WOODS, by JACK BARRACK Poem Source First Line: Two shopping carts, runaways turned feral Last Line: Among neon signs in macaw-painted cold Subject(s): Leaves; October; Retail Trade WALL AND IVY, by HORTENSE KING FLEXNER Poem Text First Line: Root that partakes of stone Last Line: With stone and ivy one. Subject(s): Leaves; Nature; Poison Ivy WHEN LEAVES BEGIN, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poem Text Poet Analysis First Line: When leaves begin to show their heads Last Line: Her fair white body in the light. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Leaves; Spring WILDFLOWERS, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: There is a wildwood beauty spot Last Line: Where only god doth know. Subject(s): Beauty; Flowers; Innocence; Leaves WINDOW, AUTUMN, by WILLIAM REICHARD Poem Source First Line: Outside, she rakes maple leaves into loose piles, stakes burlap and wire Last Line: Into the deep ditch, snaps down brown milkweed Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; Seasons WINTER'S APPRENTICE, by JESSICA HORNIK Poem Source First Line: The leaves seem to be hanging on okay, still green Last Line: Like subtleties slipping by not quite unnoticed Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; Seasons; Trees; Winter YELLOW LEAVES, by BENJAMIN ROBBINS CURTIS LOW Poem Text First Line: Songs, once heard, are heard again Last Line: There is no tomorrow. Subject(s): Leaves; Time |
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