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The Shapes of Leaves by Arthur Sze

Thu Apr 24, 2008, 5:18 AM
The Shapes of Leaves
by Arthur Sze

Ginkgo, cottonwood, pin oak, sweet gum, tulip tree:

our emotions resemble leaves and alive

to their shapes we are nourished.



Have you felt the expanse and contours of grief

along the edges of a big Norway maple?

Have you winced at the orange flare



searing the curves of a curling dogwood?

I have seen from the air logged islands,

each with a network of branching gravel roads,



and felt a moment of pure anger, aspen gold.

I have seen sandhill cranes moving in an open field,

a single white whooping crane in the flock.



And I have traveled along the contours

of leaves that have no name. Here

where the air is wet and the light is cool,



I feel what others are thinking and do not speak,

I know pleasure in the veins of a sugar maple,

I am living at the edge of a new leaf.

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Entao Carlos? Nao estava nada a espera de te encontrar por ca! Tens ai umas belas fotos hehe

Eu ja nao estou a dar tanta atencao ao deviant, estou a actualizar mais o meu blog - [link] se quiseres espreitar tas a vontade !!

Espero que tenhas tido um grande Natal..

Aquele abraco,

Ricardo.

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Olá Ricardo! ;)

Oh, tenho umas fotositas... Isto é puro amadorismo meu.

Mas já vi o teu blog, muito bem, fotografia de natureza de qualidade! ;)

Abraço, Carlos

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Feliz Natal Carlos!

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Olá Tânia :D

Um Feliz Natal para ti e para os teus, também! :dance:

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