I am startled by
the scurrying footsteps
of dried leaves
fleeing across the frozen ground
before a winter gust
Vernon Wade is a poet, author and freelancer. He has been published in The Gorge Literary Journal, Dualsport Rider Magazine, Hack’d Magazine, The Sidecarist, ROB Magazine and The Hood River News.
The world fills him with wonder. When he looks at the sky he is lifted into flights of fancy, when he stares at the earth he is drawn beneath its surface. He is delighted to find the macrocosm and the microcosm equally mesmerizing.
I am startled by
the scurrying footsteps
of dried leaves
fleeing across the frozen ground
before a winter gust
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