green to burnt orange,
one tree holds the range of hues -
sometimes in one leaf
All the Colors [Haiku]
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Cemetery Dance [Haiku]
leaves swirl & tumble
through the cemetery-
danced to life
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Still Autumn [Haiku]
the river dawdles; the colorful leaves stick firm & still
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Autumn Red [Haiku]
Falling Leaf [Free Verse]
A falling leaf is my teacher. It craves nothing. It fears nothing. It surrenders itself, but does not submit. It will not be hemmed in for long, for its patience is infinite.
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Falling Leaf [Haibun]
A leaf falls, spinning as it drifts downward. Then, for an instant, it seems to pause in the air before continuing to drop, twist, and flutter. I question whether the leaf stopped, my mind stopped, or the universe stopped. Probably, nothing stopped -- a mere momentary balance of updraft and gravitational pull, an unstable and ephemeral equilibrium, like a spontaneous retention of breath -- usually missed before it can be noticed, but just this one time, I was witness. a falling leaf seems to pause in air, and I am there
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POEM: A Leaf in the Light
i see a leaf amid leaves
the tree is covered in creepers
these leaves churn out power
— silently —
each leaf making miniscule food,
but there are so many —
and so many hours of daylight,
and they take no breaks
they sit in tight clusters
waving in wind
still in stillness
— but ceaselessly working —
until the day is done
&
darkness descends
and i can’t help but wonder whether they have leafy dreams, and — if so — what a tree’s dreams feel like?
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DAILY PHOTO: Blue Butterfly on a Green Leaf
Taken June 12, 2015 in Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP)
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DAILY PHOTO: A Miracle in Each Leaf
Taken in the Summer of 2012 at Zoo Atlanta
Bonus pic
The top pic reminded me of a line of poem I once scrawled: “I see a miracle in each leaf.” The little guy seems pretty fascinated anyhow.
What is he (or she–we weren’t that well acquainted) thinking?
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DAILY PHOTO: Eight-Legged Freak
Taken June 8, 2013 in Little Mulberry Park (Dacula, GA)
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