Clouds of red leaves like startled sparrows

Clouds of red leaves

pause on the branches like

startled sparrows caught in mid flight

as beautiful as flames of gold and burnished bronze

in the summer's heat.

- Catherine Nicolette

With tribute to the garden poet Tassa Eida and Minoru
Japanese Gardens

Why not visit the gardens?

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