72 micro-seasons 40

Janey...

Mountains, silence, sheep -

late summer ferns remember

childhood holidays

Helen...

Lake District wedding:

Disney butterflies join in,

Smiles, songs, mountains, vows.

Kit...

Following heron

downstream - ash feathered signpost

waits on rocks, flies on ...

72 micro-seasons 39

Janey...

Fledging wren...

By the cruel road,

flutter of feathers and bone -

that such things exist!

Helen...

This ragged season:

Damp grass and chill at sunrise,

Butterflies at noon.

Kit...

Dead-heading daisies 

Hundreds of tired wind-burnt souls

Flock to compost heav'n

72 micro-seasons 38...

Janey...

Power lines a stave,

birds perched black against the sky -

notes about to fly

Helen...

Sprinkling of apples,

Tight pale greening balls of light,

Waiting for harvest.

Kit...

I can hear the owl

quartering the fields, hooting

through thick warm darkness

72 micro-seasons 37...

Janey...

Blue late-summer dawn,

a wild skein of crying geese

unravels the sky

Helen...

August’s jewel box,

Overflowing: purples, reds,

Hot crocosmia.

Kit...

Three picnic beetles

feed on the ragged remains

of a fly-blown mole

72 micro-seasons 36

Janey...

Saw a wren today,

its poetic busy life

amid my concerns

Kit...

Ode to a harebell ...

Everything about 

you is delicate - lilac

filigree line song

Helen...

Fat candy floss clouds

Hanging heavy in hot skies:

Summer holidays.

72 micro-seasons 35

Janey...

Shimmering sunset

over the still summer sea -

Then again the rain

Helen...

Last days of July:

Rose bay willow, meadowsweet,

Rowans already.

Kit...

A glut of rainbow

chard and lettuces - we gorge

quick before they bolt