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Occasional Puffs of Wind

Green patches of lawn surrounded by flurries of leaves demarcation lines peace zones Occasional puffs of wind light, easy, unhurried scatter a few stragglers -- swept along a couple or three meters then still at rest again they await last rites...

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Jack Horne

Date: 11/6/2019 2:30:00 PM

powerful write

Gershon Wolf
Date: 11/6/2019 8:25:00 PM

Appreciate your nice comment, Jack. Best wishes, Gershon

John Gondolf

Date: 11/6/2019 7:01:00 AM

The leaves on the ground waiting for last rites is a sign that old man winter is not far behind. I am already looking beyond it to spring. All the best my friend. John

Gershon Wolf
Date: 11/6/2019 8:52:00 AM

And I sure wouldn't mind seeing last rites of Old Man Winter a little prematurely this coming season! Thanks, John. Cheers, Gershon

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 11/6/2019 1:46:00 AM

I am in the grip of wondering how bad winter will be this year, and I stumble upon this one reminding me it is only a matter of a few weeks until it will hit with full force. Thanks for the reminder.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 11/6/2019 8:51:00 AM

May your worst premonitions about winter not come to full fruition---May it be a mild winter in your neck of the woods (and mine too!) :) gw

Heidi Sands

Date: 11/5/2019 9:57:00 PM

This is peaceful Gershon :)

Gershon Wolf
Date: 11/6/2019 8:40:00 AM

Thank you so much, Heidi! Peace, Gershon

Timothy Mcguire

Date: 11/5/2019 9:09:00 PM

Good one, I haven't thought of last rites for leaves. I am not fond of them.

Line Gauthier

Date: 11/5/2019 7:03:00 PM

Such a respectful poem, Gershon. Enjoyed.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 11/5/2019 8:52:00 PM

---And such an intriguing comment. Hadn't thought of the poem this way, but re-reading it, I see what you mean. Thanks for the perceptive insight, Line! :) gw

Chris Green

Date: 11/5/2019 5:21:00 PM

They await last rites as I always await your latest writes...coincidence...I think not. : ) Nicely done my friend.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 11/5/2019 8:51:00 PM

The reader is always right---esp. when not wishing the writer his last rites. Cheerio and Cheers, Chris. ~ Gershon

Vladislav Raven

Date: 11/5/2019 4:18:00 PM

Hi Gershon, I do love poems where your mind can take a few different meanings out of the words written. This is one such piece for me. One can look at your write on two levels, the first, nature, of course, the second Human. Firstky we watch the few straggling leaves being blown away from the rest, here, it is usualy piles, blown in all directions. Secondly, the human aspect. we are all blown along by lifes breeze, not always in the same direction. Your friend....Mike. Love the content.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 11/5/2019 8:49:00 PM

Wow! Such an insightful comment! You, a true Poet, see more in my words than I intended or saw myself, honestly. Now that I've read about the two levels of meaning you've identified, I see what you mean. Thank you so, so much for showing me what's there in this poem, my friend. I certainly had had no idea of the human dimension... Cheers, Gershon