It’s That Time Again!

by Pat Laster

 

 first leaves first leaves
yielding to autumn:
the small red sumac

--Dorothy McLaughlin, New Jersey
September 19 in our co-written flip calendar,
Connecting Our Houses, published 1997
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“Change”
(an Etheree)

My
windshield
wiper sports
a leaf, yellow,
maple – a ticket
like one a policeman
might tear off and deposit.
No, this is from Mother Nature.
As if regretting the hot summer,
she leaves a portent of the days to come.
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the sunset
through vibrant leaves
their colors blending
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a red sweetgum leaf
caught in the camellia~
dishwasher whirring
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bountiful harvest
one leaf and one pear still hang
on the tree
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the bare gingko tree
its golden leaves allowed
to lie undisturbed
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rushing outside
at the sound of geese ~
the fiery sassafras
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© 2012 by Pat Laster dba lovepat press