bookgaga ,
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"I choose, for moderate comfort, a thin tree
whose tallest branch has yet one leaf
hunched brown. A flag? Defiance? Obstinance?
A declaration I suppose.
I make it mine."

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Leaf by M. Travis Lane (2024 Opaat Press/@annickmacaskill) https://tinyurl.com/2tpuh2zb

Handwritten transcription of the poem "Leaf" by M. Travis Lane - an uncapped black pen sits on the notebook page and the poetry pamphlet sits nearby

annickmacaskill ,
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@bookgaga @poetry thank you, Vicki!

bookgaga OP ,
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@annickmacaskill @poetry Always, always a pleasure! Thank you for all the beautiful poetry you bring us grateful readers ...

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@bookgaga @poetry @annickmacaskill

Your work is an exquisite use of simile in tying a simple leaf's appearance to human emotion and demeanor.

I find similar satisfaction in such expressions, although not nearly as simple and elegant as your passages,

"SYNERGY"

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