From Conversation with a Stonemason by D H Melhem

JAPANESE MAPLE BEFORE WINTER

 

JAPANESE MAPLE BEFORE WINTER

Bleeds its leaves in a circle.

Four iron fan chairs backs turned attend a round slate table.

Grass rake claws the stain.

Minutes (or years) fall measureless from an oval sky.

©2003 by D. H. Melhem, from Conversation with a Stonemason (IKON, 2003)