Evening peace

Cherry

By Rhiannonw

Tue, 07 Jun 2022
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Barley swaying in the breeze,
stricken sentinel stands stark,
no scarecrow but a symbol bold
of strength and beauty, permanence –
impermanence manifested now
for soon to crumble, dead –
in midst of pulsing soothing waves of
green and growing living food
in evening light.

Certificate U
Poem
Countryside explorations
Nature
Autobiography

Comments

Submitted by lenchenelf on

A real sense of place.

Best

Lena x

 

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you. It's good to know I was able to capture that, make a record. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you for the cherries. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

I love everything about this poem Rhiannon, gave me a real sense of the countryside at its best. It goes so well with the photo too.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, Jenny. I tried to capture what I wanted to remember with the photo, but needed to put it all into (a few) words! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

I'm so glad you didn't rest with the photo! That could only be static, and your poem catches the movement of crop striving and tree slowly easing back into the land's food chain. Your title could even be about the life stage of the tree? And at a time of talk of food shortages it is a great comfort to be reminded of a burgeoning field in your perfectly chosen words, simple and powerful as always

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, Di. Yes, you're so right, one can't catch that lovely movement in a photo, as sounds also can't be captured, and it's good to try to capture such scenes in verse. Yes, with the difficulties the war is having on food supplies getting out to the world it was good to see the large barley and wheat fields flourishing. May those crops in Ukraine and Russia get through to those who need them. I hadn't thought about the tree going back into the food chain! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Jane Hyphen on

I've always that thought that the skeleton of a dead tree adds so much to the landscape and I like that you've paid tribute to it here with your wonderful Rhiannon. The contrast of the tree standing still among all the life and movement of the crop reminds me of being a child, looking at the banked shipwrecks at Goodwin sands, static with the sea all crashing around them.

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

What an interesting comment and observation, Jane. Thank you. I do like the stark shape of those stricken trees. We returned to one walk fairly recently where we had always liked such a tree, and realised it must have been quite a while since we were there as it was now horizontal, and decaying rather than grey and upright! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Nolan on

Food for thought ... 

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks. It was a gentle, relaxing scene, which as you say can give food for thought, as well as the scene of growing food around the beautiful but dying tree. Rhiannon