The Penny Blog's featured poem for November 2026:
The Pity of the Leaves, by Edwin Arlington Robinson
Vengeful across the cold November moors,
Loud with ancestral shame there came the bleak,
Sad wind that shrieked, and answered with a shriek
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(read by Robert G.)
https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-pity-of-leaves.html
Thank you for choosing Edwin Arlington Robinson’s “The Pity of the Leaves” for November — those opening lines, “Vengeful across the cold November moors” and the bleak, sad wind that “shrieked, and answered with a shriek,” capture the season so vividly. It is a striking, atmospheric choice for a featured poem, and I appreciated the link back to the fuller 2014 post and reading. A wonderful seasonal selection.
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