The First Autumn ( for Daniel)

another part of my collection

Open like a split pig

Halved and open-ribbed I

Survey the place between 

The firs. Brown growth and

Broken stems, dumb as a

Turning, fail to fill the space 

You took,Summer has fallen off

Its ladder and you have left

Reviews

[Wolf Beaumont]

Succinct and bitter, this palatable piece is raw with loss.

[Leslie Philibert]

My thanks for your kind words. It helps

[jacob erin-cilberto]

this is so deep and so sad with eloquent imagery....So sorry again for your loss, Leslie.
j.

[Leslie Philibert]

Dear Jacob, thanks for your kind words. It is the only thing I can try to do ; write.Your thoughts help me through this,Leslie

[Lyn Anderson]

Dear Leslie, your grief is so palpable in these writes that it hurts to read. If words could be an embrace I hope you feel them. As always your writing packs a punch, but these, are gut punches. My heart goes out to you. Really

[Leslie Philibert]

Hallo Lyn...it helps a lot to know that you and others are with me. Nothing can bring my son back, but I know I am not alone