Red Ride in the Hood
It’s a fairy tale of carousels
spells and confetti
Impressionistic valleys and Van Gogh gold
It’s a Seurat painted scene
of once upon a time
with a hip hop drop
from a mountain climb
where the red trees flame
to light the traveler’s view
All the better to see you with
My dears
________Colleen Redman / Imaginary Garden with Real Toads
October 31st, 2017 10:15 am
I’m completely in love with this. I think I repeated “Van Gogh gold” at least five times in my mind and even more aloud–love the sound of it. And the last five lines are pure awesome.
October 31st, 2017 11:03 am
Colours of nature splashed all over!
October 31st, 2017 11:44 am
Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous ?
October 31st, 2017 1:01 pm
Such a beautiful picture you paint
Or is it a web your weaving . . .
namaste
JzB
October 31st, 2017 1:37 pm
This sounds marvelous read aloud!
October 31st, 2017 2:06 pm
lovely! love this “of once upon a time
with a hip hop drop”
October 31st, 2017 2:24 pm
Painterly … words and photos. I particularly appreciate the image of red tree flames lighting the traveler’s way.
October 31st, 2017 2:47 pm
Your imagery is stunning!
October 31st, 2017 3:55 pm
After reading Mama Zen’s comment, I too read your words aloud and how marvellous rich and beautiful they are.
Anna :o]
October 31st, 2017 4:47 pm
This is the sound of a perfect palette… love it.
October 31st, 2017 7:26 pm
Impressionistic valleys and Van Gogh gold… What a picture that paints!
October 31st, 2017 8:58 pm
Wonderful autumn poem!
November 1st, 2017 4:20 am
A colourful impressionist fairy tale of autumn!
November 1st, 2017 6:34 am
Gosh, it’s like you wrote this right behind my house. Really wonderful, well done! All the reds… the best.
November 1st, 2017 3:36 pm
Oh, I love this hip hop ride in the autumn hood.
November 2nd, 2017 5:54 am
where the red trees flame
to light the traveler’s view
All the better to see you
There seems to be a tendency to help out in the journey so as to bring them together
Hank