Thursday, November 4, 2010

closer

there are
hundreds and thousands
of coloured drifters
passing through
on their way back to earth

they stop outside
my front door
in raspy little clusters

sometimes

the rain pins them
to the ground
and they shine!













16 comments:

  1. Shine on red autumn leaves. The season is not yet over.

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  2. Wow! I love how you stop to see beauty in the world. Thanks for sharing these glossy leaves.

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  3. It's as if that leaf has its own source of light! Wow.

    It's a late fall here, very few leaves have taken the leap. It's raining today; that'll take some of them down.

    I'll wave hello from you.

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  4. almost a view of the planet from space.

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  5. Oh YUM they look like jelly on toast! I can handle that!

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  6. I just love your words with these beautiful photos.

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  7. elsibaeth my black cherry tree dropped most of her leaves today. they know! steven

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  8. thankyou very much bonnie. steven

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  9. dan - there's a world of leaves swirling past my front door every day. i love to pick up handfuls and then mine down through them 'till i find the ones that "speak" to me. here's one! steven

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  10. reya - it was alone on the driveway, late afternoon. i got closer and closer and closer. then closer still. every layer revealing something more beautiful and tiny. steven

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  11. ellen there is something of the landsat photographs - i have some books of those - about this leaf! steven

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  12. linda sue - hmmmmmmm i can see the jelly if i make myself breakfast hungry oh yes!!! steven

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  13. friko thankyou very much. steven

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  14. Boy oh boy--talk about shine! Beautiful.

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  15. A carmine symphony. Have decided carmine is my word for the day!

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