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Saturday, April 27, 2019

Xanthophyll

The image is taken from Pixabay. 

Xanthe,
A lover of rustling autumn
Night and day counted the leaves 
Twirling among the tired trees
Hand in Hand with magic
Obsessing over the tiny stems of brown
Plucking the dead twigs with love
Hanging them in the open sky
Yellow, orange, and red, she painted the colors
Life, Xanthe knew, was no more in them
Loyal her heart was, saving them among the pages of an old favorite book. 

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Note:
Xanthophyll is a yellow plant pigment that causes the autumn color of leaves.
The poem is written in Acrostic style.
Xanthe is a Greek name for 'blond-haired', the color of yellow autumn leaves.

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