Scenic Variations of the Wye

Cherry

By Rhiannonw

Wed, 29 May 2019
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Curved meander of the Wye,
cow parsley waving fringe,
field of meadow buttercups,
Canada geese here,
swans there
– then a bevy, one upending,
then another, then another:
feeding, satisfied;
clouds reflected in the river:
gently flows on, rolling, rippling –
meander ends, so on
beneath the wooded hill.

Certificate U
Poem
Countryside explorations
Nature
Autobiography

Comments

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

How can anything be more beautiful than to meander along the river Wye. It sounds and looks like paradise and your photos set the scene along with the gentle words in your poem.

Very much enjoyed reading Rhiannon.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, Jenny. It is a beautiful river, and the variety of wooded side and meanders (to meander along!) –  I think, not surprisingly, that the river was the beginning of British tourist tours! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you for the cherries. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

to start with I thought wow what gorgeous photos, how could you make a poem to match, but you HAVE, as the photos are still but the poem is full of movement, just as we look around, you show the cow parsley, the buttercups. Then the movement of the birds. Then the brilliant 

gently flows on, rolling, rippling –
meander ends, so on

the repetition of "on" like the repeated curve of a river, the last 3 lines so slow, slipping into my mind like cool river water

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you Di. Glad you enjoyed it all, and thank you for your thoughtful comments again. Rhiannon