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elleng

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4. Autumn by Emily Dickinson

Reply to LongTomH (Original post)

Sun Sep 23, 2018, 12:54 PM

Sep 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 should be old-fashioned,
I’ll put a trinket on.

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A Belated Celebration of the Fall Equinox [View all] LongTomH Sep 2018 OP

Wouldn't that be fall equinox...? pnwest Sep 2018 #1

"Who cares what the reason is, as long as we get to celebrate?" struggle4progress Sep 2018 #3

SCA, with a religious bent. Igel Sep 2018 #7

Oooops!!!! Corrected! LongTomH Sep 2018 #5

Thank-you! Lovely post. Guilded Lilly Sep 2018 #2

Autumn by Emily Dickinson elleng Sep 2018 #4

Blessed be voteearlyvoteoften Sep 2018 #6