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Autumn Colors: The Jollity of Gregor Greenleaf
The Jollity of Gregor Greenleaf
They always said I’m not a leaf,
But now I am their thief of time.
I revel in their Autumn grief.
They needled me for my belief
I served the same as them for pine.
They always said I’m not a leaf.
They fall low to earth by the sheaf
Centipedal abodes to line:
I revel in their Autumn grief.
Deciduous leaves lives are brief,
If I shed tears, they’re sweet, not brine.
They always said I’m not a leaf.
Emptied by wind is their old fief,
While we green needles hang on fine.
I revel in their Autumn grief.
Still these fools shout at me their beef
As they fall to their dooms, not mine.
They always said I’m not a leaf;
I revel in their Autumn grief.
This is the fifth and final in a series of poems called Leaf Droppings after The Life and Times of Leif the Red, On the Tragic Fall of Maurice the Yellow, The Utter Confusion of Agnes the Orange, and The Despair of Bathilda the Brown. The poems take the form of villanelles. It is also part of our ongoing Group Writing project. The September theme is Autumn Colors. You might also be interested in signing up for October’s group writing theme of Trick or Treat.
Gregor Greenleaf, known as Gregor the Vindictive.
Yes, could have been called The Schadenfreude of Gregor the Vindictive, but let’s be nice.
If you missed any of the early installments, do go back and read them all!
This post is part of our Group Writing Series under the September 2019 Group Writing Theme: “Autumn Colors.” October’s theme is “Trick or Treat!” Treat yourself to a post, nothing tricky about it. Our schedule and sign-up sheet awaits.
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They needled me for my belief
There’s a lot of that going around.
Arahant, I think you have little competition for a poetry prize among those who anthropomorphize tree leaves.
“…Arahant’s poetry series Autumn Colors, winner of five Leafys…”
Hard to believe, what with the SJWs trying to take over the Leafys the way they did the Hugo Award.
Why start now?
Have you oiled your armor lately?
If the scope of the prizes is narrow enough, everyone can win something.
Thats how all the local tv stations do it.
Sounds like a separate post. Maybe we could get @garymcvey to do it?
The pages are out rolling it around the courtyard in a barrel with oil and sand in it.
Then they curry the horses. Then comes heraldry class.
I thought heraldry was rainy day training. When is the pell training?
They’ll be squires one day. You don’t want to rush combat training.