Hello, everyone. My poem “The Apple Tree” has been published at LatinosUSA. Sincere gratitude goes to editor Nolcha Fox for sharing this poem with all of you. Thanks a bunch, Nolcha.

“The Apple Tree”
© 2013 by Michael L. Utley

The apple tree
Behind the house
Has long ago
Stopped bearing fruit

It stands alone
In sickness bold
Half its branches
Dead or dying

Leaves the hue
Of summers past
Defy the sun
The pouring rain

Bound there in
White-knuckled grip
On mournful twigs
On listless boughs

As autumn fades
The leaves succumb
Each one a
Small gold suicide

Each gilded drop
A dying spark
A universe now
Mute in death…

You can read the rest of my poem here:

“The Apple Tree” by Michael L. Utley

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