November
by Margaret Rose
Miranda reads aloud a poem by Margaret Rose that beautifully evokes the misty, cosy days of November.
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November
November is a spinner
Spinning in the mist,
Weaving such a lovely web
Of gold and amethyst.
In among the shadows
She spins till close of day,
Then quietly she folds her hands
And puts her work away.
— Margaret Rose
At Day-Close in November
by Thomas Hardy
Donna reads aloud one her favourite poems for late autumn by Thomas Hardy.
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At Day-Close in November
The ten hours' light is abating,
And a late bird wings across,
Where the pines, like waltzers waiting,
Give their black heads a toss.
Beech leaves, that yellow the noon-time,
Float past like specks in the eye;
I set every tree in my June time,
And now they obscure the sky.
And the children who ramble through here
Conceive that there never has been
A time when no tall trees grew here,
That none will in time be seen.
— Thomas Hardy
