Mellow Curmudgeon

How Wild Cherries Ripen

Redden, then blacken,
then become any color
in a bird’s feathers.

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The red fruit of this wild cherry tree will bribe birds to spread its seeds. There is another tale to tell here, with another color.

Cherry hibernates,
safe under pine’s watchful eye.
A few leaves linger.

11-24

11-26

The cherry had one last leaf on 11-26.
Did it sing Nunc dimittis before it fell on 11-30?

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Still green and growing,
cherry meets older maple
and finds a mentor.

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