Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

Posted on May 8, 2023 by B Gourley

young red leaf,
 on a sapling in Spring,
  slowly grows green.
 doesn't it know it should start green,
  and turn red in the Fall?

some find Christmas mind
in "It's a Wonderful Life"
i, through holly berries

Vines crawl along the wall --
an organism in sprawl.

Their leaves turn red,
arterial at the ends,
venous in late Fall.

a red fallen leaf
becomes a pair of 
luscious lips

red berries
and spiky green leaves
trigger Christmas mind

Posted on July 31, 2022 by B Gourley

swollen cardinal
looks like it's been gorging,
but it's winter puffed

Posted on May 28, 2022 by B Gourley

red rhododendrons
at peak vitality
will be brown next week

Posted on March 22, 2022 by B Gourley

the rising sun
paints from a vivid palette,
but - soon - skies cool

each leaf bleeds red
with its own blotched pattern
in its own time

a red maple leaf
flutters from a tree
to adorn my coat