Dichotomy
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When hardwoods yellow
people who care celebrate
softwoods yellowing concern
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Everyday I’m Shufflin’
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Did anyone notice the line
In the leaves as they shuffled through
Amazed at what water can do
As it cascades from the roofline
Nature’s artwork so sublime
Only for temporary view
Until new weather does ensue
A new masterpiece reflects time
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(A Brace Octave)
Cercidiphyllum japonicum
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Autumn is showing!
Magic is in the air
Colors are glowing
No season can compare
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Magic is in the air
The fragrance of love
Is just everywhere
Below and above
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Colors are glowing
Most everyone can see
Smell is mind blowing
Lost on so many
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No season can compare
Vanilla filled sky
You miss if unaware
Not just for the eye.
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(A Quadrilew Poem)
He Loves Me He Loves Me Not
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He loves me, he loves me not he
Loves me, the white petals tell me
As they drift slowly to the ground
Falling to earth without a sound
Scattered all around, telling me our loves agree
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No answer from the yellow core
The flower is useful no more
Have I wasted all its glory
Confirming my own love story
No longer in the garden for bees to adore?
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(A Florette #2 Poem)
Liriodendron tulipifera
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The branches terminate gloriously
In flowers displaying magnificent
Shape, hidden overhead apically
Where winged wildlife investigate
Them, until descending elegantly
To forests’ humusy terra firma
Where humans finally appreciate.
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(A Ropalic Poem)
A Picture and a Poem 