“she’s a leaf”

Posted on September 22, 2020 by 
Written for:  The Twiglets #195 - "she's a leaf"


She's a leaf
I'm a twig
It's a relief
she weighs less than a pig.


In a butterfly
flutter, she sways
and becomes
a fallen leaf.


burnished red leaf
she picks up maple-shaped gift
to paste in her scrapbook


                 There once was a fellow named Leif
                 who enjoyed eating rare roast beef.
                          He met a vegan
                     who said, you know you can
         change your diet.  Try these lentils, I beseech.


https://thetwiglets.wordpress.com/

About purplepeninportland

I am a freelance poet, born and bred in Brooklyn, New York. I live with my husband, John, and two charming rescue dogs–Marion Miller and Murphy. We spent eight lovely years in Portland, OR, but are now back in New York. My goal is to create and share poetry with others who write, or simply enjoy reading poetry. I hope to touch a nerve in you, and feel your sparks as well.
This entry was posted in Purple's Home and tagged , , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink.

6 Responses to “she’s a leaf”

  1. poetrybydebi says:
    September 23, 2020 at 5:44 pm

    I like them all, Sara but my imagination was caught by the scrapbook one.

    Like

    Reply
  2. Jules says:
    September 25, 2020 at 3:41 pm

    Fun… I’ve tried keeping leaves between wax paper… There is an art to flower and plant drying.

    The first one reminded me of the ditty: Birdy, Birdy in the sky, why’d you do that in my eye? Gee I’m glad that cows can’t fly!

    Like

    Reply
  3. Misky says:
    September 29, 2020 at 1:50 pm

    HA! “weighs less than a pig”

    Like

    Reply

Go on, leave a comment. Keep my ink purple.

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

Gravatar
WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Google photo

You are commenting using your Google account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Cancel

Connecting to %s

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.