Poem by Madison Julius Cawein

Drouth in Autumn

Gnarled acorn-oaks against a west
Of copper, cavernous with fire;
A wind of frost that gives no rest
To such lean leaves as haunt the brier,
And hide the cricket's vibrant wire.

Sear, shivering shocks, and stubble blurred
With bramble-blots of dull maroon;
And creekless hills whereon no herd
Finds pasture, and whereo'er the loon
Flies, haggard as the rainless moon.

1. Communicants
2. Semper Idem
3. The Dance of Summer
4. Under the Hunter's Moon
5. The Hills

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