green serene thoughts

Gold cherry

By Di_Hard

Thu, 30 Jun 2022
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Bird-breast soft, white clouds nestle egg-round hills

across calm, mist dimmed sea way's blue between.

 

Pavement's happy elephant skin, warm, still

sleeping all the way from home to woods in

afternoon sun. Sandstone walls bask, pale gold 

under grey, blue, purple slates and chimneys

for centuries aerially patrolled

by herring gulls riding high westerlies.

 

At road's turn down to the beach, shade spread wide

trees wait to welcome; rubble path cobbling

clay's slicky stick. Woods' water's dark-sleeks slide

under in an old pipe to sea's coupling.

 

Steep slope up, don't slip. Look back, the ferry

carves a curve in the bay. Hear peace begin

by pendant pagodas of treacle berry.

On, up, to long grasses' cling, then bracken

tall-stalked wings overhead, sheer cliff dropping

where a glacier slid, Earth ages gone

to hidden stream. Touch of lush larch now, flopping

fresh-fragile needles' tickle cool, new cone

a tight curled red rimmed frill. On, past stark arch

of rhododendron, amethyst trumpets

call to bumblebees on Summer's sweet search

and into spiney pine trees' scratchy straights

 

then, Here, unbrooked, through smooth stroked pebbles

bright skeined cold rippling in willow dapples

light, liquid rain-tongue, clear speaking secrets

of sky's closeness has no time for regrets

 

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Comments

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

A dreamy warm afternoon stroll? Enjoying the detail with interesting descriptions! I particularly enjoyed the description of the pavement, and the larch.

Wasn't sure what  'Hear peace begin by pendant pagodas of treacle berry.' referred to.

You must live in a very interesting part. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

this really long link is to a picture of one, they are also called himalayan honeysuckle, and started appearing here a couple of years ago, must have escaped from a garden, they are all over the place now!

https://www.google.com/search?q=himalayan+honeysuckle&rlz=1C1ONGR_enGB10...

This part at the beginning of the woods used to be a Japanese knotweed jungle (my son loved hacking through it with a big stick when they were much taller than him) but after years of spraying the knotweed has almost gone and is beginning to be replaced by another exotic visitor :0) 

Thankyou very much for reading and commenting, Rhiannon, am so glad if you liked it, particularly the pavement bit as worried that might be a bit daft

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you for that link. Must look out for that. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Thid poem is so eye catching, it makes me feel like I've been on a walk with you. Especially loved the lines: 

At road's turn down to the beach, shade spread wide

trees wait to welcome, rubble path cobbling

clay's slicky stick, Woods' water's dark-sleeks slide

under in an old pipe to sea's coupling.

A very vivid picture, which I'm presuming is of your neck of the woods Di.

Some lovely usage of words too.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Thankyou so much, Jenny, am really happy if you felt you were on the walk,too :0) I HAVE BOUGHT A CAMERA and now have to learn to use it, so hopefully some time in the next decade or so will be able to post photos of our woods, they are so faery, you would love them :0) Nothing like where I grew up, which was quite dry, here everything has stuff growing on!

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

How strange Di, I've just invested in a camera too, but like you it will probably take me a decade, if and when I get around to uploading photos. Only taken pictures around the garden so far. The shop I bought it from do developing, so that's a great help. 

We do seem to have a lot in common don't we?

Jenny. smiley

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

you are much cleverer than me though :0) I have not taken any photos yet! I am waiting for my partner or son to explain it. It was new in 2003 so didn't come with instructions and am worried it might short circuit if I press wrong buttons. Look forward to seeing all your photos :0)

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

This is beautiful Di- one of your best. Thank you so much for taking me on your glorious walk!

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Thankyou! It is not half way round, I never manage to fit the whole walk into one poem before it gets to be morning and I have stayed up all night :0) That willow tree, I a sure it is half a person

Thankyou for the cherries

 

Submitted by marandina on

A visual, evocative ramble so articulately expressed in words. I was right there with you, Di. Paul :) 

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

I'm so glad you felt you were here as it is a lovely place , thankyou very much for saying that, Paul

 

Submitted by celticman on

we've always have  time for regrets, but bittersweet is the way to go. 

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

you're right, that last line is clunky. Bittersweet is definitely the way to go!

 

Submitted by Jane Hyphen on

This is like a short holiday and just what I needed to read today. I'm glad you didn't cut it short. I could feel the heat from the sandstone and imagine the long grasses clinging. 'No time for regrets'. This is one to revisit.

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

THANKYOU :0) I get so MUCH from your poems, am really glad you got something back! Was reading the Sunlight one and Alien one the other day again, they mean as much as Edward Thomas to me

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

This brilliant poem is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day!

Please share/retweet if you enjoyed it as much as I did.

Picture Credit:http://tinyurl.com/2s37ypsk

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Thanyou so much! Am going to have to send camera back as not working properly (it was very cheap) so this has cheered me up :0)

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

oh I'm so sorry to hear the camera was duff!!

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

I have this effect on electric things :0) 

 

Submitted by jeand on

Hi Di

 

what a lovely picture you paint. Each aspect is given its special description. Beautiful.

Jean Day

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Thankyou so much Jean :0) Am really glad if you liked it, and I really appreciate you letting me know. Take care of yourself, will be thinking of you