Howard Nemerov

The American poet, novelist, and critic Nemerov was born on February 29, 1920, in New York City, to David and Gertrude, née Russek, Nemerov. (See his poem The Author to His Body on Their Fifteenth

Elegy for a Nature Poet

by Howard Nemerov (1920–91)

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It was in October, a favorite season,

He went for his last walk. The covered bridge,

Most natural of all the works of reason,

Received him, let him go. Along the hedge

He rattled his stick; observed the blackening bushes

In his familiar field; thought he espied

Late meadow larks; considered picking rushes

For a dry arrangement; returned home, and died

Of a catarrh caught in the autumn rains

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