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On 2022-11-28 4:53 p.m., Zod wrote:
On Sunday, November 27, 2022 at 1:07:19 PM UTC-5, george...@yahoo.ca
wrote:
Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
Dead Leaves, by E. Nesbit
[...]
For sometimes lovers, in November days,
When earth is grieving for the vanished sun,
Have trod dead leaves in chill and wintry ways,
And kissed and dreamed eternal summer won
[...]
https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/11/dead-leaves-e-nesbit.html
Another excellent choice, lovely poem....
Nisbet's a poet I've been paying more attention to. She's best known as
a children's writer; I think whe's best known for the /Treasure Seekers/
or Bastable series.
The first part (octet) of this sonnet is a bit draggy. She has one
simple thought -- nothing smells as wonderful as autumn leaves -- to
fill 8 lines, so she has to pad it with a list of things that aren't as wonderful. But the last 6 lines (the sestet) is great; both the four I
quoted and the last two which are just perfect.
Look back, look back! through memory's deepening haze,
See — two who dreamed that dream, and you were one!
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