Sunday, September 9, 2018

Nature Study with Apple and Cherry and Oak - poem

Lawrence Hall
mhall46184@aol.com

Nature Study with Apple and Cherry and Oak

In the work cart I find a luna moth
And is it dead? With gentle hands I lift…
And off it flies! into the sunlit leaves
Breeze-wavy in the pale September sun

Among the apple and cherry and oak

I labor away at summer’s excess
And clear the paths and glades of weatherfall
Sorting out litter to a merry fire
And billets to store for the winter hearth

Sweet gifts of apple and cherry and oak

The bees seem to wonder what I’m about
Sitting awhile, and thinking the summer out

Beneath the apple and cherry and oak

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