"The stripped and shapely
Maple grieves
The ghosts of her
Departed leaves.
The ground is hard,
The ground is hard,
As hard as stone.
The year is old,
The birds are flown.
And yet the world,
And yet the world,
In its distress,
Displays a certain
Loveliness"
~~John Updike, A Child's Calendar
3 comments:
I like the poem - the picture matches perfectly!
What Jane said :)
Lovely this picture is!!! :o)
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