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Spring flowers and autumn leaves carry the weight of memory in these poems by Madison Julius Cawein. Published with tributes to the poet after his death, the collection brings together nature imagery, imagined presences and reflections on human hopes. Its contents range from moon fairies and haunted gardens to battle, Christmas and fellow writers, giving readers several ways into Cawein's mixture of observation and fancy.
In these verses, a bluebell recalls an earlier spring, while the speaker's inner season has changed. The Old Dreamer turns fading hopes, love and artistic ambition into companions who have departed an aging household. Elsewhere, the wish for rest becomes an image of returning to nature through the life of a tree. Readers interested in American poetry can follow how familiar landscapes become a language for grief, weariness and renewal.
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- Author
- Madison Julius Cawein
- Pages
- 95
- Language
- English
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- Poetry
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