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Peace to your ♥!
Mr. October
Here comes Mr. October—
He’s the coolest month around.
Watch him strut his autumn airs
While his fan club gathers round.
The leaves sigh as he approaches;
They clap as he breezes by.
Some blush a brilliant shade of red
When he looks them in the eye.
See, as he swaggers onward,
How the leaves fall down in awe?
They’re swept up in admiration
Of the cool month they just saw.
Happy fall to those in the northern hemisphere and a happy day to all! Peace to your ♥!
“Leaf-Taking”
Driving home I spotted a tree–tall, shapely, with a circle of red leaves on the ground beneath it–that put me in mind of this poem. Peace to your ♥!
Leaf-Taking
You say you want to leave?
Don’t be naïve.
You’re safer here, believe me.
Still you want to leave?
What would that achieve?
It would only grieve me.
Must you, must you leave?
Not one more reprieve?
Oh stay! Do not bereave me!
And she wept
As they kept
Falling all around her.
A crimson flood,
Like drops of blood
They now surround her.
© Stephanie Malley
[Bright patches, shadows]
This poem, like the last, was inspired by memories of relaxing under my beloved pin oak tree. Peace to your ♥!
Bright patches, shadows,
Dappled grass beneath my feet—
Light frolics with dark
When a playful breeze scatters
Sunshine through giddy green leaves.
© Stephanie Malley
“Call Me Deciduous”
Where I lived as a child, the backyard was full of tall trees. Come fall, I loved to rake their fallen leaves into the outline of a house and play inside the “rooms” with my best friend. Since we left the bagging up for my parents, it was truly all play and no work.
I actually enjoy raking leaves the old-fashioned way, though I might not feel the same if we had more than the one medium-sized tree in our yard. It happens to abut our neighbors’ yard, so I have to make sure I get out there with my rake before our good neighbor gets out there with his leaf blower. :) Peace to your ♥ !
Call Me Deciduous
I.
Call me deciduous.
I can live without leaves.
II.
I do not regret lost leaves.
I do not need an umbrella
in a snow shower.
II.
Rake it or leave it.
Just don’t let it drift into my yard.
IV.
I envy those who own no rake,
who never have to sweep up
memories of green days.
V.
If there were no leaves,
would leave-taking
lose its meaning?
© Stephanie Malley
NaPoWriMo 2017 Day 6 - Write a poem that looks at the same thing
from various points of view.
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