THE POETRY OF LEAVES

Black Bowl, Maple Leaf by Tom Meyer. Click here.

Looking at a simple leaf.....

Looking at a single leaf ....
Leaf by Ronald Chase. Click  here

I sense poetry ......

I sense poetry....
stories....

stories......

Stitched Leaves by Heidi Soos.See photostream here.

... and art.

....... and art.

Antoni Tapies

I read a blog post by Kelle Hampton about receiving a big box of leaves from her cousin ...... "who sends leaves every year". A gift to connect Kelle to happy memories from her past.

Linda Vachon. Linda Vachon. Photostream  here

At this very moment, I am imagining opening a box of leaves from our Drakensberg farm....... breathing in the scent of pine forests, eucalyptus avenues and ancient oaks, mingled with early morning mist.

Mixed Media by Patrick Boehner. Click here.


Patrick Boehner


Patrick Boehner.  See here.

A POEM by MARY OLIVER

What can I say that I have not said before?

So I'll say it again.

The leaf has a song in it.

Stone is the face of patience.

Inside the river there is an unfinished story

and you are somewhere in it

and it will never end until all ends.

Take your busy heart to the art museum and the

chamber of commerce

but take it also to the forest.

The song you heard singing in the leaf when you

were a child

is singing still.

I am of years lived, so far, seventy-four,

and the leaf is singing still.

Ingredients for a Story by Katie Cooke. Flickr photo stream here.

"Ingredients for a story about London, about falling in love, about writing letters, and about going to the zoo."

Book by Lexi Hayman. See blog here.