Leaf fall

Unfolding Light · Oct 22, 2026 · 1m

There are divers and drifters,

spinners and twirlers.

There are early adventurers

and late hangers-on.

Some fall in full color,

some wait ’till they’re brown.

Some spread out their arms

and fly on the breeze,

some curl up and drop

at the foot of their trees.

Some seem to fall upward,

and over the hill.

Each falls as it must, or it will.

There are swingers and swayers

and swoopers and dancers.

But there are none,

there are none

who are whiners,

complainers

that this is not

as it should be

or who want it undone.

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Steve Garnaas-Holmes

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