Dec 26
The Alder Leaf
The alder leaves
only haunt the tree
mere ghosts now
in this late summer
Torn and tattered
beyond green
they move toward fall’s
littered landscape
Bite by bite the season
consumes each leaf
until it slides
from sky to earth
Only branches
tipped with cones remain
and the lichen-mottled trunk
waits for rebirth
Pamela Olson, 9/05
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