A Spring so Quickly Spent
All that's left of autumn is the mulch around the maples,Seedling, sapling, and full grown give their limbs to green,They've forgotten the brightly colored leavesthat trembled in October wind and then...
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Hi Sarah What a beautiful and reflective poem. The foliage but the spirit of it remains like thoughts of poems remembered with their lines that continue to haunt and grow anew within minds that...
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A beauty of a poem that sets you thinking of the cycles of life Sarah... and I am humming, 'to everything, there is a season...'. Regards, Maryse
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Maryse,I love that song!!thank you so much for your kind words, and for putting that songin my head! turn, turn, turn...Sarah
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Sarah, this reminds me of raking dead leaves from the walkways at the arboretum. If I did not know the season I would be able to tell by the type of dead leaves and flower parts I am raking and what...
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Jim,Seeing your arboretum is on my bucket list.Thanks for sharing the beauty of your time thereand also for spending time with my poem.You are much appreciated!Sarah
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Sarah, How wonderful that you should be reminded of the sacrifice of those autumn leaves! There is an element of sadness somewhere in your final lines as you relate the entire process to your own life...
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Rich,I just popped in to check the board before going to bed,and I'm glad that I did. Have you any idea how much these halls miss your presence? What a joy it is to see you. I well understand that...
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Aw...thanks, Sarah. It has been crazy as I have decided to be the librarian next year and my daughter, Avril, is now in ROME! She's studying Italian for a month. Rich
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Rich,Thumbs up to you! If good people like you step forwardI believe our libraries will survive by embracing both the printed and the digital with benefit to all.As for Avril, what a grand...
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What wonderful sounds. mulch/maples seedling/green grown/green give/limbs/wind green/leaves Such beautiful introspection and images. A pleasure to read. Kerri
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Hi Kerri,Many thanks! You bring sunshine into the room!Sarah
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