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@ 2009-11-12 – 11:33:26
A Child's Calendar
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November
by John Updike
The stripped and shapely
Maple grieves
The ghosts of her
Departed leaves.
The ground is hard,
As hard as stone.
The year is old,
The birds are flown.
And yet the world,
In its distress,
Displays a certain
Loveliness---
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catsInVienna
Excellent writer....one of the best fom the States...
catsInVienna
Yes he is!
catsInVienna
malakeas
Pro The trees do seem to grieve for the loss of their leaves. x
SeasideMan
Pro Perfectly described. The only book of his I ever read was The Witches of Eastwick which was rather good.
freeasthewind
Perfect for this November day as the sun shines through the tree limbs
joebangles
I like that Bushka, it reminds me of a poem that I read at school, I believe that it was called November, about, No this and No that, it was really all about the fog and being unable to see anything, fog we had a lot of in those days, probably smog.
I think this is the one....by Thomas Hood!
No sun - no moon!
No morn - no noon -
No dawn - no dusk - no proper time of day.
No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease,
No comfortable feel in any member -
No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees,
No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds! -
November!
moonwoman
Lovely! I'm picking rocks from the field with gloves on these days ... to add to my labrinth.
janetweightreed
Yes it doesx
sparkles101
wonderful this time of year has it's own loveliness xx
ravingmad
That's a super poem for this time of year 
I love those two final lines....x
ravingmad
Me too - makes me think of the black tracery of naked trees silhouetted agains the soft grey of the skies
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That is great. I have two books by Updike at home, but I have not ever read it.