Matthew Moffett lives in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, with his wife, two kids, and a Shetland sheepdog. His work has previously appeared in Frogpond, Modern Haiku, Bones, and Sonic Boom, among others.
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There is something mystical of a day that we know must 'turn' into into yesterday. Some trees have leaves that spin in the wind and glitter like tesserae or smalti don't they? Almost like miniature mirrors into the immediate past.
Wonder monoku!
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petrichor this green sunsets in yesterday
Alan Summers
Does Fish-God Know (YTBN Press 2012)
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Like your ‘yesterdays’ image!
bright colors
a celebration of
the dying leaves
Wonderful image, and how poignant! Thank you, Matthew.
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leaves turning the yesterdays yet to come
—MATTHEW MOFFETT
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There is something mystical of a day that we know must 'turn' into into yesterday. Some trees have leaves that spin in the wind and glitter like tesserae or smalti don't they? Almost like miniature mirrors into the immediate past.
Wonder monoku!
.
petrichor this green sunsets in yesterday
Alan Summers
Does Fish-God Know (YTBN Press 2012)
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Bravo. Well crafted sentiment.
I love the surprise of "yesterdays yet to come" :)
marion