On the Mynd

Cherry

By Rhiannonw

Wed, 28 Oct 2015
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13 comments
 

Bright, crisp, gingery bracken,
bilberry clumps, and heather,
spread of fields below,
folds of hills beyond, fringe;
net of sunlight beams
fan out from break in the clouds;
two kites and a buzzard,
a circling glider
silently landing,
disappearing into a dip …
emerging, hum of air on the towrope
– up, up … towrope drops,
whistling;
long-armed glider twists silently
around the near sky –
birds’ eye view of fields and hills and us.

Certificate U
Poem
Countryside explorations
Nature
Autobiography

Comments

Submitted by Bee on

Paints a wonderfully rich tapestry - each word flowing one into another like the hills. It's lovely, Rhiannon.

Bee

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Bee. So glad you enjoyed it. Lovely place. I hadn't been feeling well enough for a proper walk that day, but we ended up driving right up there, and then was able to have a lovely little stroll! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Bee on

Glad you got to get out and breathe the air. Hope you are better now.

x

Bee

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, an irritating old problem that may at last need treatment! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Eds, for cherries! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by VeraClark on

A gorgeous, visual piece.

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks so much, Vera. I was looking around for the notes I'd written on the way home that day, and had more or less given up, puzzled, when I found them on the back of a scrap I'd picked up and used as a bookmark! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Finally got round to commenting on this litte gem, Rhiannon.  So pleased to see it has received its more than deserved cherry.  You are such a whizz at writing about nature.  Some delicious vocabulary here right from the start...those first two lines, wonderful.

Tina

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Tina. Glad you enjoyed this little cameo. I hope you are having an easier day. regards, Rhiannon

 

Submitted by jeand on

Hi Rhiannon

I love those first words in the beginning section. It really does paint a word picture.

Jean

Jean Day

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Jean. So pleased you found it so. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by loquaciousicity on

Rhiannon,

Your 72 words paint a thousand pictures!

Very nice!!

Terry

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

You counted them!! Really nice comment, thank you, Terry, glad you enjoyed the Mynd (the Long Mynd is in Shropshire, but I think the word comes from the Welsh 'mynydd' meaning 'mountain'). Rhiannon