[Critique Group 1] submissions due and Leonard's submission

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Jus a reminder that submissins are due Wednesday. Also, my submission is below.

19 line poem
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Leaves' Whispers 

 


Why do Autumn leaves whisper so

when their colors begin to show?

Do they dress for celebration --

a Mardi Gras before demise,

portending Persephone’s flight 

to Pluto’s wintry Hades,

where the dead are known to dwell?


 


Do they seek a glorious death

chasing Spring to the underworld,

hoping to retrieve their goddess,

or serve her in her husband’s realm?


 


What do leaves whisper as I swish 

through their sacrificial bodies?

Rustlings say, “She will come again.

She is nourished by our dry bones.

We’ll adorn her when she rises,

and flourish in her haloed warmth,

then follow when she falls again.”


 



 



 



 

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