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\nhttps://archive.org/details/ideaofleaveswith0Obren  \n# The Idea of Leaves withinthe Dying Tree\n\nBrendan Todt  \nFinishing Line PressGeorgetown,Kentucky  \nThe Idea of Leaves withinthe Dying Tree  \nCopyright C 2016by Brendan TodtISBN978-1-944251-41-3 First Edition  \nAll rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions.No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without writtenpermission from the publisher,except in the case of brief quotations embodied in criticalarticles and reviews.  \n# ACKNOWLEDGMENTS\n\nThe author would like to thank the editors of the following journals in whichsome of these pieces first appeared,sometimes in slightly different forms:  \nChronogram:“Pheasant on a Postcard from Iowa City”  \nGlassworks:\"The Best Week\"and “Chinese Parsley”  \nSouth Dakota Review:“In Times like These”  \nEditor:Christen Kincaid  \nCover Art:DJ Todt  \nAuthor Photo:DJ Todt  \nCover Design:Elizabeth Maines  \nPrinted in the USA on acid-free paper.Order online:www.finishinglinepress.comalso available on amazon.com  \nAuthor inquiries and mail orders:Finishing Line PressP.O.Box 1626  \nGeorgetown,Kentucky 40324U.S.A.  \nTable of Contents  \nLate Middle Age as a Cool Place in the Shade…………………………………………1  \nIn Times like These……………………………………………………………………………………………………………2  \nAll the Little Flowers………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………3  \nUncle Bwendan………………………………………………………………………………………………………4  \nWe Stop on the Hiking Trail to Observe a Sleeping Doe…………………5  \nFor a Moment I Thought It Might Really Have Happened……………6  \nCondition of the Field after the Sun Has Been Removed…………………7  \nThe Cottage at Pheasant Lake……………………………………………………………………………8  \nTo the College Students Stuffed Uneasily into Their Easy Chair…9  \nLove Poem at High Tide…………………………………………………………………………………………1  \nBig Island Fall ……………………………………………………………………………………………………13  \nCold,Dry Air …………………………………………………………………………………………………………15  \nWhen We Walk to the River 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