Poetry Submission

[k79aushik]

An old leaf parting off –
I can hear the sound as it detached.
Or was it the sound of a new one generating through my skin, with which I’m still attached?

A part of my bark that I shed,
Reveals the fresh juicy thing.
So I’m at loss –
Am I getting old or
Evolving to a new being?

Deeper my root runs
Through the stony ground,
More wanderers I can see around
Resting under my shade.
I don’t mourn the parts I shed.

[Susan Katz]

Thank you for submitting your poem for consideration for Featured Poem of the Month for December.  I love the perspective in this poem – the tree wondering about itself – losing its leaves – generating new ones – perhaps flowering – producing fruit – lovely way of presenting the feelings and experiences of trees.  If I were to make a suggestion, it would be to incorporate more imagery in your poem so that we could experience what you feel – what the tree feels – on a sensory level.  Example:  “Deeper my roots run/like fingers reaching down/searching through the stony ground.”  Very well done and I thank you for your interest in https://www.poetladykatz.com  Your friend in poetry, Susan

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