The niche of New Verse News is poetry that comes out of the day's headlines. My poem, "Falling Leaves," is above the fold today at http://newversenews.blogspot.com/. Here's the poem:
FALLING LEAVES
World population reached 7 billion
on or about Oct. 31, 2011
-- News item
Chased from maples
by a stiff wind,
they rattle on the roof,
drift down on what was once
tall-grass prairie.
The lawn I raked yesterday
is half covered again.
Fifteen kraft bags
lean against the garage,
and the giant lindens
haven't even started.
How could there be
so many, when all we did
was plant some trees?
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