A Different Kind Of Speaking

Poems by Richard Moomjian


Touchdown

Leaves of green vines swing
their weightless legs over
the two large windows
of northern walls. Dancing
with the breeze, their offensive
line guards the sunlight 
from passing through to me.
I love watching them
die. And each October they creep
further into red and drop,
protecting no one anymore
from collecting the warm,
autumn blitz of light.