Archive Selection--By Mary Jo Balistreri--United States--Originally Published--August 3, 2016

Autumn Descant

October comes ablaze

 in scarlet robes and gold crowns

Sun hangs low in the fields

            sparking the wing tips of grasses

From the sweet gum   a lone leaf

            winds its way home

returns amber wealth to the soil

            and I remember—

it isn’t what lives in the light

            but what returns from the dark

that stays forever

Mary Jo Balistreri has two books of poetry published by Bellowing Ark Press and a chapbook by Tiger's Eye Press. She has more recently been enjoying learning and writing haiku type poems. She finds it helps her see differently and experience life in a new way. For more information, please visit her at maryjobalistreripoet.com