.                 Arbor Master


           No matter where that

          I am I don’t want to be

            the world is a forest

             but I’m not a tree.


            Some they get old

           but stay ever green

          while others go bald

            deciduous I mean.


            One Spruce's up

          to go on a date but

        everyone knows she's

         a Beech always late.


        Ok she’s a Birch two

              timing a Pine

           Holly and Hazel

    had their ears to the vine.


     Cherry Olive is Poplar

      with Lemon and Gum

   but Mimosa’s in love with

Lime Orange & Sweet-Plum.


        Bay Laurel is hardy

      as Hickory and Oaks

    and Redwood is tough

but it’s Teak that make yokes.






Ryan in Sumeg Hungry.

20th August 2023.



The poem begins in the forest

but what it is saying is, trees

(the metaphor for people)

are trapped by their roots or

surroundings ending up in

a harness of their own making

ie The Yoke.