Westope Wood Hill

Cherry

By Rhiannonw

Thu, 05 Aug 2021
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9 comments
 

(30/7/21)
Steep up the hill
’til reach the woody crown,
and see so far;
stop and stare,
let your eyes take their fill;
stroll round the wood to the gate
for ‘Wyche Way’ and up through the
cool of the trees, winding paths
of soft damp earth to the
wheat field with swallows
darting and swooping over the crop
and the nearby grassy field
– how many insects
needed to fuel their fly-catching flights?

Certificate U
Poem
Countryside explorations
Nature
Autobiography

Comments

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

What a wonderful poem describing such an amazing view Rhiannon, then you take us the reader with you through the cool of those trees, that give great shade.

Very much enjoyed your poem. Those photos are superb too, wish I could take pictures like that, but sadly don't own a camara anymore or a mobile. I do enjoy holding onto memories though.

Hope you get to go on many more walks like this in the future. Thanks for sharing.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, Jenny. Quite a short walk, but very enjoyable and I wanted to convey the wonderful sense of height and distance after the pull up, and then the coolness of the wood. I expect you keep many photographic memories in you head to recall and revisit! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you for the cherries. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by hilary west on

Hi Rhiannon,

Lovely poem. It is funny what you say about the insects fuelling their fly catching flights. I was just thinking the other day about woodlice: really their only part in the great cycle of things is to be eaten by birds. Such is the wonder of creation!

hilary    smiley

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, Hilary. The little flies the swallows eat seem to small, and I wonder how many they catch as they swirl around and around! Obviously they must catch enough!

I gather that woodlice do help control some pests and do some turning of the soil and producing compost!

smiley Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

I liked the contrast between your labours against gravity to get to the top of the hill and "fill" your eyes with the huge view, and the swallows', who are in the view and seeming to move without gravity, but also working to fill themselves, but with lots of tiny gnats :0)

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, Di. Glad you enjoyed! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by jeand on

Hi Rhiannon

You make the most of your walks - taking in all the senses and seasons.

Jean Day

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you. Quite short walks at present, but appreciated, and nice to think back and capture something of it! Rhiannon