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October
by Madison Cawein
the month personified
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Schoolboys in Winter
by John Clare
boys headed to school on a winter morning
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Autumn
by John Clare
an intense description of the season
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In Just-spring
by e.e. cummings
when the world is puddle-wonderful
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Winter
by Walter De La Mare
a chilling description
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These are the days when Birds Come Back
by Emily Dickinson
a description of Indian Summer
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First Robin
by Emily Dickinson
not everyone looks forward to the first sign of spring
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October
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
a beautiful description
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The Twelve Months
by George Ellis
a very brief calendar indeed
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No!
by Thomas Hood
another forceful description
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Spring
by Gerard Manley Hopkins
the beauty of spring
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Loveliest of Trees
by A. E. Housman
images of the seasons make permanent impressions on us
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February
by Helen Hunt Jackson
the month of attonement for the year that's past, and preparation for the year ahead
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September
by Helen Hunt Jackson
late summer images and memories
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October's Bright Blue Weather
by Helen Hunt Jackson
perhaps the best portrait of fall and one of Steve's favorites
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To Autumn
by John Keats
one of the best known poems of the seasons
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Song of a Second April
by Edna St. Vincent Millay
sometimes it is not the season you value, but whom you share it with
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Winter
by William Shakespeare
not a pretty picture, exactly
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Summer and Autumn
by Richard Henry Stoddard
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Thaw
by Edward Thomas
a change of seasons through other eyes...
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The King and the Siren
by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
a nice little allegory for the change of seasons