Laughter
eloquent as leaf,
in golden, shimmer shudders,
to dress the sky so briefly;
and haunt the soil in time.
These offerings of Autumn
hang lightly in the air,
and dance decays becoming;
twixt life and death ensnared.
Each one is born in solitude,
and dies alone at last,
in crumbling drifts eternal;
from tree to waiting earth.
https://dversepoets.com/2017/03/28/poetics-from-natures-point-of-view/
The autumn leaf is a phase in the cycle for the living tree. Eventually after the leaf decays the tree may reabsorb the nutrients. Nice perspective on that leaf.
ReplyDeleteOh, my. I am enchanted by this line:
ReplyDelete"to dress the sky so briefly"
Sigh.
This has a beautiful cadence. Each stanza is a gem.
ReplyDeleteI love the cadence in this.. and how brief the beauty can be.
ReplyDelete'to dress the sky so briefly;' beauty of a line....i also like the image of the 'waiting earth'...
ReplyDeletesuch like describes 'life'. great write :)
ReplyDeletenice cyclic cadence...leaf comes and goes.
ReplyDeleteA rhythmic life story!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful cadence this poem has. I love the image of the waiting earth. Toni Spencer is Kanzensakura.
ReplyDeleteLife and death are entwining, from autumn leaf dying to the waiting arms of spring ~
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