To A Leaf Of The Acer Palmatum Poem by Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

To A Leaf Of The Acer Palmatum



Your journey will be from green to yellow,
Or if not yellow, to red;
From yellow you'll go to much more yellow,
From red to much more red.

Red or yellow,
You'll end up brown and broken down,
Part of the never-changing scene:
Brown to green to red or yellow,
Red or yellow to brown to green.

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Dedication on the planting of a maple after seeing the colours of autumn leaves in photographs from Japan
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kelly Kurt 02 July 2015

The red and yellow are always there, just overpowered by the green until the sun doesn't supply enough energy for chlorophyll production.: -) I enjoyed this poem and its cyclical connotation

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Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide
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