Bearing Fruit
written by: Dawn DeBraal
On the highest branch of the tallest tree
A lonely pear still clings,
The workers missed it in the harvest,
And now new hope it brings.
For when the pear has finally fallen
Landing on the ground.
It rots and opens, spilling seeds
For another tree is bound.
NOTE:
Based on the Prompt – The Last Fruit
NOV 2019 / NOV 2022 AUTHOR OF THE MONTH at Spillwords.com
Dawn DeBraal is from rural Wisconsin and has devoted her retirement years to the craft of writing and successfully publishing over 800 pieces. Falling Star Magazine nominated Dawn for the 2019 Pushcart Award; she was Runner-up in the 2022 Horror Story Competition, received “Contributor of the Year 2023” in Spillwords.com, and runner-up for the annual Owl Canyon Hackathon in 2024. Dawn co-wrote under the pen name of Garrison McKnight, a novel “What the hell happened to Joan?” and two short story collections, “The Lord’s Prayer, A Series of Horror,” receiving the Global Literary Book Award, and “Broken People, A Collection of Societal Misfits.”
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