March Sunset / Hilda Conkling

March Sunset

Pines cut dark on a bronze sky . . .
A juniper tree laughing to the harp of the wind . . .
Last year's oak leaves rustling . . .
And oh, the sky like a heart of fire
Burned down to those coals that have the color of fruit . . .
Cherries . . . light red grapes . . .

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Hilda Conkling (1910-1986)
from Shoes of the Wind, 1922

[Poem is in the public domain in the United States]

Hilda Conkling biography

Ardfern, Sunset over Trafford, UK, March 2020. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.