Habberley Valley

By Rhiannonw

Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Habberley Valley, Kidderminster

Soft, lumpy sandstone outcrops,
weathered, worn, weird shapes
as if feet had walked wet sand,
and rivulets formed gullies,
and then the dips relaxed and softened,
froze.

Certificate U
Poem
Countryside explorations
Nature

Comments

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Hi Rhiannon,

it looks like your imagination has really inspired this piece of nature, with all those weathered, worn, weird shapes forming in the stone. It makes you wonder! At all the feet that would have walked in your footsteps.

Nice piece of writing, very much enjoyed reading.

Jenny. smiley 

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Jenny. I was just fascinated by those lumpy outcrops, presumably worn by weather, and more feet using them as footholds, but it did remind of the footprints softening on the wet sand by the sea, and as if they could freeze in the soft shapes! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by jeand on

Hi Rhiannon

I liked the imagery of this poem - especially the bit about the dips.

Jean

Jean Day

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Jean. I wanted to fix those unusual shapes in my mind, too! Rhiannon