Wednesday 6 November 2024

72 micro-seasons 54...

Janey...
Winter whispers in my ear, though honeysuckle still scents a sheltered wall

Jane...
Birds swoop and lift and plough in a grey sky, halt in the thin rust shelter of beech and cherry.

Helen...
At dusk the autumn colours spill into the air, and light itself seems pink and orange.

Beverley...
Blueless, windless days. Leaves falling on breath. The linden tree is bare.

Kit...
Hallelujah for Persicaria, the last raspberry blush of colour in my tangle of floral decay.

Sunday 3 November 2024

'Jeanie'

Washed by salty tears, 
your name yet undiminished
in the grieving heart

Friday 1 November 2024

72 micro-seasons 53...

Janey...
Unspooling silently across a perfect sky, a skein of wild geese

Jane...
It's not raining but the air is heavy with moisture, rust leaves bright against the grey sky.

Helen...
An October damp softness in the air and nothing hurries.

Beverley...
Half term pumpkin-pickers thread the patch with chatter.
Little ones in new wellies fall over and rise up muddy.

Kit...
Last night's raindrops hang on barbed wire, glass beads catching light in early misty stillness.