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“The maple wears a gayer scarf...”

November 03, 2018 by Elaine
 

Maple tree, Heather Park, 02 November 2018

 
 

The morns are meeker than they were -
The nuts are getting brown -
The berry’s cheek is plumper -
The rose is out of town.
The maple wears a gayer scarf -
The field a scarlet gown -
Lest I sh'd be old-fashioned
I’ll put a trinket on.

~ Emily Dickinson (source)

 
November 03, 2018 /Elaine
autumn, poetry
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