7:10 AM

Happy Thanksgiving!!
















Gathering Leaves...
by Robert Frost

Spades take up leaves
No better than spoons,
And bags full of leaves
Are light as balloons.
I make a great noise
Of rustling all day
Like rabbit and deer
Running away.
But the mountains I raise
Elude my embrace,
Flowing over my arms
And into my face.
I may load and unload
Again and again
Till I fill the whole shed,
And what have I then?
Next to nothing for weight,
And since they grew duller
From contact with earth,
Next to nothing for color.
Next to nothing for use.
But a crop is a crop,
And who's to say where
The harvest shall stop?

5 comments:

TYRA Hallsénius Lindhe said...

Happy Thanksgiving to you too Lisa!

Tyra


I wonder if I can tempt you with an apple

Anonymous said...

Happy Thanksgiving Liisa! I too miss the morning walk through the garden, but I do have a lot more time to myself now that it's resting. Not sure I always use it productively, but that's another story!

Cindy said...

Happy Thanksgiving to you Liisa! That's a great poem selection. A favorite of mine.

Liisa said...

Robin,

I'll be happy when classes are over in two weeks - then I'll have the choice to be a little unproductive at times!! : )

Liisa said...

Cindy,

Thank you!! Hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving. I love this poem, too. I can read it over and over, and never get tired of it. : )