Friday, January 3, 2003

Autumn Comments

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The leaves are falling, falling as if from far up,
as if orchards were dying high in space.
Each leaf falls as if it were motioning "no."
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Rainer Maria Rilke
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Geeta Radhakrishna Menon 17 March 2021

Beautiful poem. There is always someone who stretches the hand to hold and protect. The hands of the Supreme Power.

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Leela chatterjee 29 June 2018

Everything is falling but there is someone holding up this falling. This poem is very dear to me .

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* Sunprincess * 14 March 2014

.............a nice write I could envision the stars and planets...actually all of space..

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Alana F 05 January 2010

Does Someone refer to god or some other Someone?

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