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LAST LEAF STANDING
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LAST LEAF STANDING |
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WTBAKELAR
since 2008-09-09
Posts 1089Utah, USA 
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LAST LEAF STANDING Summer days dwindle Frost gathers on limbs, The trees green leaves start to fade The color wheel spins And the bright autumn dawn Turns what the forest has made, Chill breezes blow, Changing green to gold, Crimson, scarlet and red, Leaves abandon the branch Drifting down to the ground. A blanket for its earthly bed, Slowly but surely They give up the fight, Until all of the limbs are bare And the wind does its job, As the trees shed their clothes Till there is just one leaf standing there. Wm. Tracey Bakelar 2008 |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
William, It's been a long, slow summer in some parts of the world, all now in ready and readying for the even longer sleep of winter... and you brought that home. |
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Alison
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
Thank you for sharing the beauty of your fall with us. Alison |
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LindsayP Member Elite
since 2007-07-28
Posts 3410Australia, Victoria |
Acolades for this one Tracy, a delightful poem. Well done. Lindsay |
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WTBAKELAR
since 2008-09-09
Posts 1089Utah, USA |
Autumn comes but once a year, and, Though the Seasons change, The spring of our lives will go on forever Thank you for your kind words. Tracey The answer is always NO, Until the question is asked. |
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