Golden Valley* in October

Cherry

By Rhiannonw

Thu, 27 Oct 2022
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“ Golden Valley*”: wide, bright green fields,
but misty mysterious, atmospheric this day.
Far hills, sentinels, peer over from beyond.
Up on the ridge Arthur’s Stone, collapsed burial chamber –
bones and stones reminders of those long gone:
beauty of the valley, and labour of lives, temporary:
    stones show how all long for,
    prepare for, await
    a future, uncorrupted.

* West Herefordshire. Name comes from the French (Norman)
D’or, as it is the valley of the river Dore (which is actually from the
Welsh ‘dŵr’ meaning ‘water’).

Certificate U
Poem
Countryside explorations
Nature
Autobiography

Comments

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

Thank you for taking us on another of your wonderful walks. What a beautiful valley - misty but not yet autumnal as your trees seem still to be very green. Is that usual? So much here seems skewed after our hot, dry and very long summer!

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, this was ten days ago, and there has been much more autumnal colours in this last week, though they were there then too. The dry summer did start some off early here too. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by catherine poarch on

The photos drew me in and your words matched them. Looks and sounds like a beautiful place. 

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, Catherine. Yes, beautiful area! Very 3-dimensional! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by marandina on

"Far hills, sentinels, peer over from beyond.
Up on the ridge Arthur’s Stone, collapsed burial chamber..." Sounds like my kinda place. Another enjoyable ramble with you, Rhiannon. Paul :)

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Glad you enjoyed, Paul. I know you like reminders of the history! Thanks for commenting. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Cherries appreciated, thank you! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

loved "misty mysterious"! And the echoing stones, bones and gone. I remember seeing one of those burial stone constructions in Cornwall, and reading the old word for stone there is men. You have taken fabulous photos again! You show how stirred up the Earth must have been, to have those valleys carved through and hills thrown up, there is a feeling of energy in such landscapes, and you evoke a wonderful sense of different scales of time in "beauty of the valley, and labour of lives, temporary"

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you for such a lovely analysis and review again of the little verse, Di. Glad you enjoyed the introduction to the scene there. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Hi Rhiannon,

can't believe I nearly missed this poem. You've captured the beauty and ambience of mysterious wildness in your poem. I love the photos too, with the misty amazing scenery, and the stones that capture the past.

Thank you for sharing.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, Jenny. Glad you enjoyed another glimpse of our part of the country! Rhiannon