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Leaves of Fall

There's a crispness billowing in the wind today
Sending russet leaves swirling to the ground.
So many are falling and sadly being swept away
Soon Winter's chill will arrive, and snow will abound.

I watch them fly like slight sparrows on the wing
at the deep-rooted feet of majestic oaks and elms.
No longer to their branches can they safely cling.
How pitiful the thought of them dying overwhelms.

Farewell to the ornamental clothing you wore in Fall.
So long to your crimson and golden windswept tresses.
You danced to songs of bamboo flutes at Autumn's ball,
wearing tangerine and sage green wrinkled dresses.

I'll look for you when Springtime bestows new birth.
As tiny buds you will appear, from descendants born,
adorning giant oaks and elms throughout Mother Earth.
No longer for your vanishment shall I weep and mourn.

Copyright © Lin Lane | Year Posted 2023

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Sam Kauffman Date: 10/3/2023 9:33:00 AM Lamentations mixed with hope, Lin, so beautifully blended into a rich fallscape getting ready to sleep and then be reborn. As always, amazing imagery! Congratulations and high fives to you for your win! Blessings! Login to Reply

Linda Alice Fowler Date: 10/1/2023 10:55:00 AM Seasonal splendor at its best Lin. Great imagery. Congratulations! :) Login to Reply

Beata Agustin Date: 9/28/2023 11:11:00 PM Wow! Congrats! Thanks for sharing this... making me virtually behold fall splendor in my country devoid of Fall. God bless you. Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 9/28/2023 11:17:00 PM Thanks, Beata and the colors are truly glorious.

Tania Kitchin Date: 9/28/2023 6:21:00 PM Lin, a gorgeous poem, love the transition of the seasons into winter hibernation and then the rebirth of Spring, congratulations on your first place win! Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 9/28/2023 11:16:00 PM Thanks ever so much for finding my lines enough to your liking. I'm honored by the placement, Tania.

Suzanne Delaney Date: 9/7/2023 3:52:00 PM Autumn poems are my favorite and you have invented some fresh new images….”I watch them fly like slight sparrows……. Just beautiful, Good luck in the contest. SuZ Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 9/8/2023 8:17:00 AM Thanks a bunch, SuZ

Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 9/7/2023 12:45:00 PM - I wish I could post some photos in your comment box ... we had a lovely autumn day today ... they would go perfectly with your beautiful poem, Lin :) - Thank you :) - hugs Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 9/7/2023 1:11:00 PM I would love to see your photos, Anne-Lise. The ones you post are always splendid.

Jay Narain Date: 9/7/2023 10:30:00 AM Picturesque imagery of fall season, Oh the red maple leaves, colorful yellow and crimson leaves, adding to the beauty of nature. We hate to see them go, but they resurrect in spring. Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 9/7/2023 10:35:00 AM Thank you for enjoying this one enough to leave a comment, Jay.

Jan Allison Date: 9/7/2023 10:30:00 AM I adore autumnal poems and this is a beauty Lin, I especially love 'I watch them fly like slight sparrows on the wing at the deep-rooted feet of majestic oaks and elms' hugs Jan xx Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 9/7/2023 10:34:00 AM Thank you for letting me know the line that stood out in your mind, Jan. I always appreciate that.

Tom Cunningham Date: 9/7/2023 8:58:00 AM My favourite season Lin, but summer has finally arrived here in the uk so I'll have to be patient. Best of luck in the contest. Tom Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 9/7/2023 10:34:00 AM It may be Fall here, Tom, but the temperature is still in the 90s. Merci for your sweet comment and wishes for the contest.