This Poem is the winning entry for The Royal Berkshire Poetry Competition, 2010
An initiative between Beat Magazine and The Royal Borough Library Services
Supported by The Firestation Centre For Arts and Culture
The autumn leaf that’s falling through your mind
Has fallen through a million minds before,
And will fall on through countless millions more,
Like countless million others of its kind –
Only hours after receiving the news, Bésancourt was levering himself into the saddle of his mule, whilst Lindenhof was buying new pack-animals with gold which he had carried secreted in the heel of his left boot ever since his days in Mexico.