Photo: Karen Forte
In flaming end to
Warmth’s reprieve,
Cold days burnish
Red
Onto leaves.
A final curtain call
To leave.
For Calm Kate’s Friday Foto Fun Challenge: Leaves
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wow great poem to go with a stunning photo, love it … thanks for joining in the fun!
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Thanks, Kate!
Fun challenge to join, especially when so many leaves have already left … 😉
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lol not here .. summer is upon us 🙂
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Well then. Some people have all the fun! You just wait. In six months or so, we’ll be laughing all the way to the park … 😉
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lol no way josea …our winter is so mild we only put long sleeves on at night 😉
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Oh well, a gal can try … 😉
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Gorgeous collaboration of picture and words. Leaves are long gone over here…
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Here, too (well, other than some stubborn trees that I’m certain had some elves Gorilla-glue their way-past-their-brown-wrinkly-prime leaves onto the branches, just to spite. 😉 ) — the photo is from a month or so ago … but I just had ta’.
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Ya know… there are trees that don’t lose their leaves – it’s called marescence 😉 And more often than not, they are oak trees. (I was googling something else entirely and found this one, which I loved, so I incorporated this word instead of the one I never found!
And ya… ya had ta.
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I know, I know … But, it sure LOOKS like elves stayed up late, in harnesses against the winds, and used Gorilla-Glue to make sure these leafos stay stuck on! 😉
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It shore do
And I love the Gorilla-Glue thing… 😉
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And I giggle at the image of little elves (not on shelves, but dangling and swinging from harnesses, leaf to leaf, twig to twig, raining Gorilla glue on the unsuspecting …) 🙂
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Now I am, too!
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Lovely red leave and a beautiful poem.
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Thank you! The beautiful photo is by my supremely talented friend Karen Forte. The poem just tries to give them ‘voice’ …
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Your poem did give them voice, beautifully so.
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Thank you again! 🙂
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My pleasure.
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Beautiful collage of words.
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Thank you! Such beautiful photo leads the words right in …
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How very true, images can be very inspiring
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Exactly! 🙂
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