
A sudden, prolonged gust through the oaks
sets the dry leaves rustling
like the applause of thousands of hands coming together
rising to a crescendo then dying away with the breeze
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.

A sudden, prolonged gust through the oaks
sets the dry leaves rustling
like the applause of thousands of hands coming together
rising to a crescendo then dying away with the breeze
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