Gathering Leaves - A poem by Robert Frost

Robert Frost - Gathering Leaves

Spades take up leaves
No better than spoons,
And bags full of leaves
Are light as balloons.

I make a great noise
Of rustling all day
Like rabbit and deer
Running away.

But the mountains I raise
Elude my embrace,
Flowing over my arms
And into my face.

I may load and unload
Again and again
Till I fill the whole shed,
And what have I then?

Next to nothing for weight,
And since they grew duller
From contact with earth,
Next to nothing for color.

Next to nothing for use.
But a crop is a crop,
And who's to say where
The harvest shall stop?

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Poet: Robert Frost (Robert Frost Art) Poem: 37. Gathering Leaves Volume: New Hampshire Year: Published/Written in 1923 Comment 9 of 9, added on November 18th, 2008 at 6:13 PM. To me, this is about his poems. At least I know I feel this way about my poems. Happy Pappy says "Robert Frost must have had too much time on his hands if he actually thought it was good." I suspect with Frost it wasn't so much that he thought it was good as that he realized it was not half bad - the old six of one, half dozen of another thinking that is so typical of the people whose geography he shared. He only claimed to have written a few that he knew would be "hard to get rid of." ea Comment 8 of 9, added on November 18th, 2008 at 2:29 PM. okay happy pappy if you realized that the poem has a much deeper meaning than just raking leaves you would find this poem sad and realistic and i assure you that you would easily find a personal connection with it. sally from United States Comment 7 of 9, added on December 20th, 2006 at 10:15 AM. This poem is fun to read because it brings back child memories Ben barry from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Gathering Leaves, has received 9 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Robert Frost with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: Robert Frost Poem: 37. Gathering Leaves Volume: New Hampshire Year: Published/Written in 1923 Last read: Feb 10 2010, 6:04AM Viewed 19235 times. Added on December 20th, 2006 at 10:15 AM.

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