Inspirational Leaf Poems

The Maple Leaf By SWA (Suzanne)

At night in the day
you visit by transport
of the wind a message sings in the distance
you come from a residence...

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Held in my hand a fallen leaf…
let go before the season: should 
I not question the reason, even those
of God? Or only the foul-play of
man?

Determined...

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I saw a leaf today
in the up-draft -- 
one last dance
and lift before
the Fall Finale;

crisping and fading,
flaking...but only an
illusion of death, for we
know the chemistry,...

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Lessons on fig leaves make me reflective
Learning them from biblical perspective
Serving as meaningful life’s directive
Taught by God Who’s sovereignly assertive.

Fig leaves’ clothing, though nature-propped fashion
Adam...

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(I had a better photo, but kept getting a system error trying to upload it)

This yellow maple leaf waved at me
Catching my attention from the...

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A bright red maple leaf rests in the road
Fallen with many stories to be told
Its beauty remains on the pavement to see
As in life, we...

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I will always remember you
even if you are ruined and fusty now.
a Fall Strayed leaf from an autumn tree
drifted by the years
and shattered by into...

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i have a leaf in my pocket (i look at the 
leaf everyday) it reminds me about the ever changing life (the veins
carry every breath...

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Hi I am a leaf!
Of a tree, I am the beauty.
I work hard and fulfill all my duty.
For the tree, I make food,
Which I share...

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Oh faithful one who lies in peace upon the crusted floor.
  Remembered not, nor recognized for who you were before.
In winter last you rested...

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When I am the wind,
and you are a leaf,
I will worship Thee
beyond belief.
Summer dances
across your skin,
when you are a leaf
and I am the wind.
When you...

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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...

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Seasons Last Leaf
Purged atop a lofty Popular 
A singular leaf all that holds
Like in drowning - gasping for last breath
A life once was – now...

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If a leaf fell,how would it fall according to sound? 
Is it that of a brisk? 
Not of the leaf but the night chill we...

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I was walking through the forest
Saw a leaf on the ground
It looked discolored and tattered
Exhausted and dreary
So I turned it over
Was so colorful and bright
So...

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