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October — Orchard of the Year · Ririro.com - Poetry

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  Speaker 1: October, orchard of the year. Bend your boughs to the earth,
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  Speaker 1: fragrant with glowing fruit. Ripened seeds shake in their pods.
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  Speaker 1: Apples drop in the stillest hours. Leaves begin to let
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  Speaker 1: go when there's no wind at all and swing in long,
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  Speaker 1: wavering arcs toward the ground, which they touch without a sound.
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  Speaker 1: There they lie, looking up, until the winds rake them
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  Speaker 1: together and heap them in fence corners. When the gales
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  Speaker 1: come through the trees, the yellow leaves trail out like
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  Speaker 1: sparks at night behind the flying engine. The woods are
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  Speaker 1: thinner now, so we can see each leaf more plainly
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  Speaker 1: as we lie dreaming on the still warm moss beside
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  Speaker 1: the singing spring. The days are calm. The nights are tranquil.
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  Speaker 1: The year's work is done. She walks in gorgeous apparel,
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  Speaker 1: looking over her long labor, and her serene eye says,
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  Speaker 1: it is good.