![Filled to full by drinking
from the fire hose of spring
flat-wound on the wall all winter
Full enough
to last the summer mostly
and thank the giving at Thanksgiving
But the writings on the wall – fall
year winding down hose winding up
five months of drinking from a cup](https://i0.wp.com/www.neilmeili.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Fall-Again.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1)
Fall Again
![Filled to full by drinking
from the fire hose of spring
flat-wound on the wall all winter
Full enough
to last the summer mostly
and thank the giving at Thanksgiving
But the writings on the wall – fall
year winding down hose winding up
five months of drinking from a cup](https://i0.wp.com/www.neilmeili.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Fall-Again.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1)
Fifth in the series of five Thanksgiving poems from Leaflet: a poem progression. Written in Austin Texas, Thanksgiving 2014, re-celebrated, Canadian Thanksgiving 2020
Fourth in the series of five Thanksgiving poems from Leaflet: a poem progression. Written in Austin Texas, Thanksgiving 2014, re-celebrated, Canadian Thanksgiving 2020
Third in the series of five Thanksgiving poems from Leaflet: a poem progression. Written in Austin Texas, Thanksgiving 2014, re-celebrated, Canadian Thanksgiving 2020
Second in the series of five Thanksgiving poems from Leaflet: a poem progression. http://www.neilmeili.com/neils-books/leaflet-a-poem-progression/ Written in Austin Texas, Thanksgiving 2014, re-celebrated, Canadian Thanksgiving 2020