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Autumn - by Kathleen Jamie

{ Poem }

O whence the leaves
scuttering down Easter Road,
sycamore and rowan
desperate as refugees

Duilleag - by Niall O’Gallagher

{ Poem }

Dhuilleag, dè an teachdaireachd
a th’ agad dhuinn an-diugh?

’S e gun tàinig foghar oirnn
’s gun deach na craobhan ruadh.

Fall, Leaves, Fall - by Emily Bronte

{ Poem }

Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away;
Lengthen night and shorten day;
Every leaf speaks bliss to me
Fluttering from the autumn tree.

Leaves Falling Quietly Falling - by Norman Bissell

{ Poem }

green brown golden heaps
piling up where they drop
beneath bare-armed branches
leaves falling quietly falling

Nous ne sommes pas l’arbre - by Dominique Sorrente

{ Poem }

Nous ne sommes pas l’arbre
/ mais son feuillage qui raconte.
/
/ Nous ne connaissons rien du jour,
/ pourtant l’aube nous a mis en marche.
/
/ Nos…

From The Brain and the Leaf - by Dinah Hawken

{ Poem }

The human brain, so frail, so perishable, so full of inexhaustible dreams and hungers, burns by power of the leaf.

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