clues

Gold cherry

By Di_Hard

Sun, 21 Oct 2018
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Pheonix feathers ruffle

beneath the cherry  trees

on pavement by the letterbox

and shed gold of a giant lion

molten on the road's curve

near the park's scots pine;

in the woods a copper dragon's

scales light up dark streams

where it wound through naked

trunks like statues of warriors

and under the holly, red dropped

blood of warm days passed

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Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

Such a rich vivid kaleidoscope of colours Di - this is brilliant

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

It's funny you say that, I was thinking when the wind blows the sycamore leaves off it's like being inside a kaleidoscope and the wind is changing the pattern

 Thankyou for the cherries!

 

Submitted by Denzella on

Hello DiHard,

I wish I could write like that.  That's poetry that is.

I enjoyed reading this but where does it come from?  You see things that a pleb like me never see. Hey Ho!  That's the way of it.

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Thankyou, but I wish I could write with such wit and humour as you! I think making people laugh (on purpose!) is the greatest gift. Have not read anything of yours lately, I hope you are ok?

Have been reading Well-Wisher's poetry. That's the real thing!

ps Had you heard about Paul Mayhew Archer at the Edinburgh fringe this year?

 

Submitted by mickleinapickle on

Ah yes... I've seen it in my dreams.

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Thankyou for your kind comment Shackleton

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

You encapsulate the joy of the appreciating the sight. Isn't it lovely to get those sunny days of autumn which show us such a display, spattering the grass, or the streams, and the roads, and all shining, sometimes far from the trees they left! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

That's a beautiful poem in itself! Thankyou :0)

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

This is such a vivid impressive poem Di. Just had to digest it properly line by line, as you engage with your thoughts of what you are seeing and which you express so perfectly.

Thank you for sharing.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Thankyou so much for your lovely comment Jenny. I think it's all the Well-Wisher poems I've been reading - I keep thinking about mythical creatures all the time. The sense of creation bubbling through his writing, it's like he had to write or he would burst, and they are so  joyful about nature.

 

Submitted by Jane Hyphen on

I love this, it's like a little fire, you just want to sit around it and warm yourself on the words.

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Thankyou Jane, that is very kind

 

Submitted by celticman on

captivating and carries the glory of the world. 

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Thankyou Celticman

 

Submitted by Stephen Thom on

Gorgeous language. A real talent. Keep up the wonderful work.

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

wow, that's a kind comment, thankyou!

I am still hoping you will pubilish your poems, I know they will be groundbreaking, earthshattering, spellbinding different to anything anyone else has written :0)