A Red Leaf For Lloyd Poem by R. H. Peat

A Red Leaf For Lloyd

within a harsh sky
we
see
a leaf
falling down
without sound
and we don't know why
it touches grief

limp as a black gown
falls
calls
our name
from inside
autumn's tide
whisked like thistledown
to reach our aim

Yet the wet winds slide
clout
out
across
a broad field
cut to yield
what red leaves confide
in drifting loss

© R. H. Peat — 2/18/98
A syllabic Form/ An 'Eastlund'/ 3 stanzas/ 24 lines
Syllabic lines repeated in stanzas
with a rhyme scheme as follows:
(the No of syllables before the letter -
for each line in the stanzas.)
Stanza 1--5a,1b,1b,2c,3d,3d,5a,4c
Stanza 2--5d,1e,1e,2f,3g,3g,5d,4f
Stanza 3--5h,1i,1i,2j,3k,3k,5h,4J