Today’s Poem of the Day was composed by a group of elderly people in a Victorian nursing home under the leadership of Robyn Youll who presents poetry readings and workshops to them weekly. The poem was inspired by ‘Leaves’, a recent Poem of the Day.
Leaves
In Autumn
English Invaders
shed
Crackling – underfoot,
Gutter – clogging,
Wind – dancing,
Leaves
Australian Eucalypts
stubbornly
cling to
hard leaves
shiny leaves
fire-loving leaves
harsh climate leaves.
Evergreen Eucalypts
shed
bark instead
English Leaves
paint
Autumn
Bronze
Scarlet
Yellow
Gold
Then
English Leaves
Paint
Spring
Green
Again
In
Summer
Eucalyptus Leaves
Bushfire scarlet.
Providence U3A: 26th May: Prudence Marsh. (Prudence Marsh in the nom-de-plume for Group Poetry)
Prompt: Di Bates Poem: Leaves.
Present: Ted, Verna, Lucy, Margaret W.,M.[briefly] Joyce,Dorothy, Sirkka, Pat, Betty R.,F., Melvie.
Australian Children’s Poetry 