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PWB Peeps Open Thread: Poetry of Coolbrith [1]

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Date: 2025-03-14

Sufficient

Ina Donna Coolbrith (1841-1928)

Citron, pomegranate,

Apricot, and peach,

Flutter of apple-blows

Whiter than the snow,

Filling the silence

With their leafy speech,

Budding and blooming

Down row after row.

Breaths of blown spices,

Which the meadows yield,

Blossoms broad-petaled,

Starry buds and small;

Gold of the hill-sides,

Purple of the field,

Waft to my nostrils

Their fragrance, one and all.

Birds in the tree-tops,

Birds that fill the air,

Trilling, piping, singing,

In their merry moods, —

Gold wing and brown wing,

Flitting here and here,

To the coo and chirrup

Of their downy broods.

What grace has summer

Better that can suit?

What gift can autumn

Bring us more to please?

Red of blown roses,

Mellow tints of fruit,

Never can be fairer,

Sweeter than are these.

This poem is in the public domain. Published in Poem-a-Day on November 17, 2024, by the Academy of American Poets.

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