The bulge of summer
April 21, 2021 § 4 Comments

The bulge of summer gone
last night
in a flurry
the leaves gathered
herded
like a flock of dip stained sheep into corners of untidy gardens
under hedges of blackthorn spikes.
Now a place for beetles
to breathe slow
to play dead.
Winter crocuses naked
bending with no backbone
a blue botanical mistake.
Even the stars shiver
blink unsure
casting a weak shine on an empty field where slaughtered lambs once leapt
twisting in the air.
Only the young mothers remember that.
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that autumn place
October 30, 2017 § 12 Comments
That place where a month ago the swallows suddenly left and my brother died. That place where my green valley became a swirling mist and the slow river grew a blanket over itself.
The heron hides.
That place where the bees burrow into the dry moss and I shake out the winter duvet.
I am collecting apples. Wrapping each one in newspaper and storing them in wooden boxes.
I sweep leaves into hills for the hedgehogs.
In the woods the birds still sing. They start early, flittering. After midday the twilight comes quickly and I think only autumn thoughts as I kick through the leaves and turn my face towards that grey cloud that I know will pass.
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one
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