Coin of the Year
November, you old alchemist,
Who would have thought
You could turn the high arrogance of golden-rod
To still plumes of silver?
~~
Clement Wood (1888-1950)
from Poetry, December 1917
[Poem is in the public domain in Canada and the United States]
Photo: AnRo0002, 2011. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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