A stump in the forest
is like a gap in a
wedding party photo
where they photoshopped
out a renegade relative,
but forgot to erase
the person's loafers.
Stumped [Free Verse]
Reply

through the Autumn,
one tree holds leaves longer,
then drops them faster.

one strange tree
curls like a question mark:
Autumnal forest.

trunk ringed by fallen blooms,
only the pate contains hangers-on.

late Autumn:
the last few leaves
refuse to fall.


tree, wrapped in vines,
shape broken & trunk hidden;
an attempt to blend?