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THE MINNOW LEAF SERIES

I. Spring Minnow Leaves

The leaves flash
on the black asphalt
like stranded minnows
on the dock
spilled
from the fisherman’s pail
Small brown ellipse
dancing

in the exhaust
of the cars passing
Grey day of beginning
when the winter waste
gathers

to be washed away
by

the Spring rains

II. Summer Minnow Leaves

Where are they?

Summer minnow leaves,

They're gone!
Empty roadway beckons
the sun a beacon
To the beach
There There
Just one caught
in the crack of concrete
Waiting Waiting
For the friends
of Fall

III. Fall Minnow Leaves

The leaves on the roadway
Bumping up against the barrier
Like puppies in a box
Tumbling and tossing
On the vortex of air
Fighting for their last chance
In the declining demise of the solstice
The air chilling
The nights creeping in on us
Sooner than we plan and anticipate
A surprise that it's-that-time again
The leaves a reminder
Of the close of the season

IV. Winter Minnows

There they are
the little last gasps
tumbling down the road
They seem confused
these last leaves of fall
It's winter now
and they bounce around
in the wake of the cars
Like the last creatures in the lake
before the drought
ends
Here there where
and then they're gone.

V. Minnow Leaves Pre-Fall:

It All Begins again

There it is

But it all alone

Maybe it’s an

Imposter

Stranded in the roadway

The small elliptical leaves

That greet me

Each day

As I ride toward home...

Not yet

It only appeared to be

The minnow leaves

The puppies in a box

the flashes on the dock

All the similes and metaphors

I have

Used

To describe

Those fallen cellulose

Tree

adornments.

My minnow leaves