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The leaves are falling

Jonathan Zyra 1976 (Holyoke Massachusetts)

February 24 
The leaves are falling off the tree.
The wind is strong and pushing me.
The clouds are fast and passing by,
a lonely tear has left my eye.
With my thoughts I sit alone.
The coldest night I've ever known.
The leaves are falling off the tree.
The wind has taken them from me.

About this poem

Getting older and slowly losing members of a family tree.

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Submitted by jzyra1267 on February 10, 2024

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Scheme AabbccAa
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 274
Words 60
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
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