Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week’s segment features Susan Schubert.
Schubert is a member of A-Town Poetics in Aurora. She is a published author with two memoirs available on Amazon. They are “The Way I Remember It: A Memoir of a Trip to Europe 1971” and “My Place of Dreams: A Love Story.”
Schubert has won accolades for her short stories and photographs.
Some of her poems are published in the Kane County Chronicle newspaper and anthologies by Fox Valley Writers. Her poem “Aurora” is on a mural in downtown Aurora.
Schubert lives in St. Charles, Illinois and sings in a jazz trio around the area. This poem is called “For the Falling Leaves.”
For every falling leaf
There is a song.
For every falling star
There is a memory
For every word we speak
There is a consequence
Is it a challenge or a threat?
Or are we considerate, loving,
Thoughtful?
For every day there is a night.
The moon can be bright.
For every minute there are
60 seconds, enough time to feel
The world around us.
For every bird there is a flower
Then a seed. Trees have seeds too
A new one starts and in autumn
It will eventually bring the falling leaves
Every year we can count on them
Every falling leaf.
It’s the circle of life.
