Sunday, October 22, 2006

Poem by Robert Frost

Nothing Gold Can Stay

Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.

After reading this poem, what do you think the poem is about? What does the poet mean by "nothing gold can stay"?

Your next task is to write and post a poem of your own on your blog and see what others have to say about it. You can choose whatever style of poetry writing for this blog assignment.

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