To Be As a Leaf

To Be As A Leaf
By
Ingrid Showalter Swift

To be as leaf
…food and so fire for the flame 
of hearth and human souls

and to be leaf floating on the river of my ever days
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013

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February 4, 2013 at 7:35 AM
Ingie, your words flowing down the pages are all one can ask for. love, Kathy
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January 29, 2013 at 2:23 PM
Nicely done poet, can you read my poetry
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January 27, 2013 at 7:02 PM
Very lovely, Ingrid...I enjoyed this...very good poetry. Always, Annalise
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January 27, 2013 at 3:33 PM
So nice to read your work today. Light & Love
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