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April leaves have given the wind a face and a voice
but not a body and not a will. Facing the headwind

Of great deeds and tragedies, I think we feel the same:
fear and awe at power without will, animating a hero.

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This entry was posted in New Writing, Poetry, The Drift and tagged april, haiku, leaves, not haiku, The Drift, unregulated verse, will, wind on April 29, 2014 by Jeff Schwaner.

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