To A Gingko Poem by Holly Harwood

To A Gingko



All your golden leaves have fallen.
Soon the rain will turn them black,
for the sky is dark and sullen,
and bleak wintertime is back.

Soon a different kind of beauty,
harsh and subtle, will appear,
lovely bones of tree and mountain,
silver sleet like frozen tears.

Will we make it through the winter?
Will we stagger into spring?
For the dying time's upon us.
Let the crystal raindrops sing.

To A Gingko
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Topic(s) of this poem: autumn,beauty,death,grief ,nature,winter
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Dedicated to Marianne Robinson, Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Poet Laureate
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