National Poetry Month 2018
Dark Clouds by John Gibson
I fade as light
brightens maple leaves
before they fall
to soft ground below.Branches overshadow me
grip my confidence
and shun me.I land without sound
without notice
without glee.–Margaret Simon, (c) 2018
From Poem Crazy by Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge: “Writing poems using images can create an experience allowing others to feel what we feel. Perhaps more important, poems can put us in touch with our own often buried or unexpected feelings.”
Reflections on the Teche 
The melancholy is delicate but beautiful here
“without glee” – lovely
“Land” is my favorite word here–so unexpected and surprising an image. Such a solid, earthly word for the movement of something so ephemeral and airy. I liked that juxtaposition. I picked up “Poemcrazy” last night and read a chapter. I have been collecting all of my (previously unread) books about poetry. I need all the help I can get this month! The quote you include here gives me one clue why I often shy away from writing poetry: let buried feelings stay buried, I say! LOL. Of course I like it when OTHER people’s buried feelings come out in a poem because it’s a very powerful. But mine are comfortably under the corner of the rug right now and they’d like to stay there! 🙂
To me, you’ve reflecting that often sad feeling of autumn, things winding down despite the beauty. Love the use of the word “fade”. And I love Poem Crazy!
Yikes, meant “you’re reflecting”!
Margaret,
Lovely poem,
This is all I have to say about Maple Leaves and Bright Sunshine.
As the snow storm is on the rim,
the maple sap is on freeze,
Looking forward to the Spring,
We step back in Winter (not) dream.
Purviben
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The more I read and re-read your poem, the more deeply its message spoke to me. I felt like the leaf could be speaking, or the author. Love the quote from Poem Crazy too!
To land without notice… thank you, Margaret! xo
A somber, sensitive, and soft internal poem–speaks elequently!