Ross on Wye and Chase Wood 15/11/18

Cherry

By Rhiannonw

Fri, 23 Nov 2018
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Full Wye flows around the town
– town sitting on its cliff;
with wooded slopes behind.
Walk along the Wye out west of town,
then turn towards the hill
(half-bare bushes
with bright pattern
of yellow remaining leaves
– catch the light,
and surprise of pink spindle fruit);
then up the steep hill
(– dark mix of leafless brown,
and autumn tinted patches,
evergreen on the skyline),
crunching patterned
leaf-fall paths,
up and down.
Full Wye flows on
– four white Little Egrets, visitors,
roost high up in a tree by the river.

Certificate U
Poem
Countryside explorations
Nature

Comments

Submitted by hilary west on

Hi,

This is a lovely poem, Rhiannon. Redolent of a pleasant walk I should think. I have heard many good things about Ross-on-Wye and your poem reinforced these ideas !

Hilary    smiley

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, Hilary. It was a pleasant walk, the weather brighter than we'd expected, and the first such walk for quite some time due to my husband's work/serving pressures, and health issues, which felt more under control than they had been, so appreciated from all angles, and good to get a record down!  (and being told where to see the visiting little egrets was a bonus at the end!) Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

Another of your lovely rambles - thank you for sharing it with us Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, Insert. Glad you enjoyed the taster! Rhinnon

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

and the cherries enjoyed, thanks. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Jane Hyphen on

I really enjoy these nature poems Rhiannon, partly because they focus on our native flora and fauna. In urban areas we are often surrounded by plants from all over the world which look pretty of course but lack the subtle balance of nature which keep itself in check to a degree. That part of the UK is stunning and your words bring it to life.

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Jane. Very glad you enjoyed the little share.

We do appreciate these rambles and feel very blessed with lovely countryside so near us to investigate. Though everywhere there are usually wild patches to wander into, and the small native leaves and flowers are well worth stopping to look at closely, and are just as pretty as garden bigger varieties, and have such beautiful detail. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

It's so nice to read you are able to get out and about Rhiannon. I so enjoyed reading your poem, as like all the comments this is certainly a beautiful part of the world and your poem does it credit. 

By the way, I've never heard of pink spindle fruit, so now I've learned something new too.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, Jenny. Glad you enjoyed. yes, the fruit of the spindle is so eye-catching in the headgrows when you see it because it is pink, not red, black or purple like most! Rhiannon (You can look up photos of it on the web)