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Brass, Brazen Maple Leaf
Brass, brazen maple leaf, embossed with a very serious face. Buds around you change in every season; green in spring, leaf in summer, then celebrate their passing in bright reds, yellow, and orange. Crackling under my feet, whispering to me; seasons pass and I am looking forward to wintry solitude.
You, my friend, stand against my fence. Never blowing away. Brass and brazen, always in the same place.
A gift from a flea market, many years ago. A gift from my children, placing our imagination, with their love, in an honored presentation, on Father’s Day; of my favorite leaf, one from a maple tree, brass, brazen as could be; never blowing away, always in the same place, as their love continues for me.
Splintered kindling wood
Moss growing moist on north side
Summer serves them well
Written In Center Sandwich NH at Kathleen’s place.
I Shall Grow
I went out on the deck—felt the wind before the jibe caught the blow of a vengeful breeze. The keel visibly surfaced two feet below foaming water, in awkward lean. Water marks on the board, as visible as eye could see— Oh shit! I braced myself against the rail leaning on tippy-toes in the opposite direction.
I went below. I rocked, and balanced myself with each swell before the waves, catching myself with arms extended against the polished teak walls in the bow;
I recognized, remembering the keel’s markings— of my life and against the rail, being driven across the reef of tomorrow.
Grow Over The Wall
It has always been hard for me to describe the birth and the growth of three sons. They, became so entwined in my birth, that all I could do was to enjoy their wrapping around me; until we let each other go, with love unharmed.
Child like seedling small
Born in the soil of mother
Grow over the wall.
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Posted by ZQ on January 9, 2017 in Children, Haibun Poetry, Pine Cone Diaries, Zen
Tags: Growing up, https://dversepoets.com/2017/01/09/haibun-monday-28/#comment-118685, Pine Cone Diaries, Zen