The Weeping Willow

The final vestige of autumnal reign
Releases its exhausted grip on life ~ 
A wistful willow quivers as its last leaf falls.


08.01.20
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020


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Date: 1/14/2020 6:16:00 PM
oh,, so sad. I really like this one. Congrats on the win
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Date: 1/14/2020 2:07:00 PM
- Congratulations so much on your winning poem :) - // Anne-Lise
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Date: 1/13/2020 1:46:00 AM
Two forces always win - gravity and the grim reaper. In this case, both! Great write, and poignant in its nature/humanity parallel. Congrats, Wendy! ~ John
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Wendy Watson
Date: 1/13/2020 5:54:00 AM
Thank you, John. I admit to it being purely on one level in my own mind though as I wrote it watching the last leaf fell from a willow tree. Great that you saw a deeper level though.
Date: 1/12/2020 1:12:00 PM
Heart-rending, haunting, yet the way of the world. Congrats, Wendy! :) gw
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Date: 1/12/2020 12:23:00 PM
Congratulations on your win in Silent One’s “Threesome,” Wendy. Hugs Eve
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Date: 1/12/2020 11:01:00 AM
Amazing poetry expressed in 3..Congrats on your win..
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Wendy Watson
Date: 1/12/2020 11:08:00 AM
Thanks for reading and commenting,Jenish. It was inspired by seeing the final leaf fall from the willow tree outside my bedroom window.
Date: 1/12/2020 7:19:00 AM
Very deep and expressed so poetically.. this can be used as a metaphor or what it is... great imagery... Congratulations on your first place in the contest..
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Wendy Watson
Date: 1/12/2020 9:59:00 AM
Thank you for the honour, Silent One. I was looking out of the window as the remaining leaf twirled down from the willow tree recently which inspired me to write.
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