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The poetic city: “A Leaf Recently Fallen”

Oct 04, 2021 • Creative Writing
A Leaf Recently Fallen
 
The sight of a leaf 
recently fallen from
the red maple 
beside the road
just after the rain 
captured my eye and 
stopped me in my tracks.
 
I thought it would make 
a good picture… 
 
But I didn’t know how good 
until the rectangular frame 
of the smartphone camera 
brought all the elements 
into play and turned the picture 
into a painting…
 
A painting of nature’s 
unadorned beauty caught
in the delicacy of time. 
 
Reece Burka
9/18/2021
 

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