windfall apples

~by Ingrid Bruck, Julie Naslund, Leslie Mc Kay and Susanne Margono

civil war colors

bluebellies and butternuts

birds fly south

land of the wilderpeople

red toadstools in leaf mould

wind in the aspens

tracery of yellow

crosses the blue distance 

high above the treetops

gather sight of mountain ranges

wisps of gold and crimson

stone backs of granite stoop

windfall apples ferment

a horse devours

the new scarecrow

birds line bare branches

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Date Published: September 28, 2018