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Huan Yi
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0 posted 2008-11-04 02:46 PM


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Each yellow
Leaf as if
Bravely individual
Choosing the moment
Falls

Some descents
Are actually
Beautiful

It’s only
A matter
Of time

Then
When it comes
All that’s left
To decide upon

Is finally
How to go


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[This message has been edited by Huan Yi (11-04-2008 03:57 PM).]

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steavenr
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since 2003-11-17
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1 posted 2008-11-04 09:34 PM


this reminds me of the other day when I watched a single leaf glide and fall slowly to the ground...as if it had prepared for that fall all of its life...and maybe it had
secondhanddreampoet
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2 posted 2008-11-05 12:59 PM


for me, this is a fine slice of 'philosophic impressionism'!

["Freddie the leaf" would approve!]

v. serious applause for this important 'write'!

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