Dead leaf and black crow

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    Dead leaf and black crow

    That which bloomed in May
    Has long since gone away

    The haunting loons call
    Silent as the leaves fall

    Cold winds chop the lake
    Making whitecaps and wake

    Old groans fill the trees
    On a sleepy light breeze

    Noisy are the crows
    Sitting on bare tree bows

    The clouds black and gray
    Dark omens on the way

    Winters cold and white
    The last fading daylight

    The leaves have piled high
    Left to lay where they lie

    Forsaken the rake
    The rest the wind can take

    I am done I know
    With dead leaf and black crow

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    FranzJ commented on Dead leaf and black crow

    01-27-2011

    I can see Old Man Winter coming down the stree in this one (I don't like winter) very immagantive

    musicmade commented on Dead leaf and black crow

    07-28-2009

    I admire your command of the poetic language and the "melodic flow". This poem reminds me of several expressionistic paintings....low horizon, HUGE sky ...Thanks!!

    kmeadows commented on Dead leaf and black crow

    06-22-2009

    very wonderful poem. I enjoyed it greatly, you have such a gift. I can see what you are writing. You bring me into the prose and captivate me! Very very good!

    ginga commented on Dead leaf and black crow

    05-28-2009

    These images are my mind's eye. Vivid couplets which wander until your last "title" line. The words "groans," "omens," and "forsaken" give the scene an eerie autumn chill. Winter I am impressed. ginga

    Poetry is what is lost in translation.

    Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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