Read full poem →The squirrel, full of mischief and of fun,
From maples’ topmost branch the brown twig throws.
I read these pregnant signs, know what they mean:
Dictionary Entry
A tree of the Acer genus, characterised by its usually palmate leaves and winged seeds.
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Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “maples”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Snow-loving pines and oaks instead;
And rank the savage maples grow
From spring's faint flush to autumn red.
Read full poem →He halted in the wind, and--what was that
Far in the maples, pale, but not a ghost?
He stood there bringing March against his thought,
Read full poem →And such as is done to their wood with an axe--
Maples and birches and tamaracks.
I wish I could promise to lie in the night
Read full poem →She sings of lilacs, maples, wheat,
Her own soil sings beneath her feet,
Read full poem →is stiff with sap.
The old maples are opening
their branches of brown and yellow moth-flowers.