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Yellow Ginkgo Leaves

Ode to a Ginkgo’s Leaves

O yellow, sometimes e’en
gold, but with a tinge of slightest green,
undulating before my gaze,
each leaf’s changing
as the sun o’er my shoulder
leans, o you, dear leaves, doth arrest
me in my tracks, because
there is something
about your countenance,
which makes me believe you once
cradled my Savior’s
Shadow as He walked past.

Leo Carroll
October 29, 2022
Sammamish, Washington

Rev April 8, 2026

Photo by Leo Carroll
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