Bringsty Common

By Rhiannonw

Tue, 18 Apr 2017
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near Bromyard, Herefordshire

Three-dimensional dips and ups,
carpets of dead bracken,
wide-open violets peep out here and there,
and the stark, bare Malvern Hills rise high:
crown the horizon.

Below the common is
a lane verged with profusion of colour;
white stars of stitchwort,
opening bluebells, yellow archangel,
and hedges of bursting buds –
leaves peep, unwrapping, expand.

Certificate U
Poem
Countryside explorations
Nature

Comments

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Some beautiful images in this poem Rhiannon.

I've been up on the Malvern hills myself many years ago and you took me back. 

Love the beauty of those photos too.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, Jenny. The Malvern hills are very bare, and recognisable from a distance. It's a lovely time of year for noticing the detail of emerging leaves and flowers. Rhiannon