A Walk (At summer's end) Last rays of summer Waters rippled in first autumn Gales of laughter drift From across the park. As barks carry on the wind And leaves reluctant fall Ahead of their time. The hedgerows crowd The canal tow path In narrowed greens. And brambles snag And tug and snare, Bearing their first fruits, A blackberry way. The clouds lament The rush towards summer's end, Racing their reflections In the swan disturbed waters. And the sun rises, Apologetic for its

Leaf Shadows The leaves in summer shadows Spoke in breeze whispers. 'Not long' they said, 'Until autumn shakes us In coloured fall And the shadows wither, As if they had never Been here at all' #nature #seasons #change

Leaf Red Burnt to a cinder sadness Scorched to a crimson departure Torrefied to a carmine finality Leaf red leaf red Teased on autumn winds A fallen flourish dance And colour flash defiance Leaf red leaf red For none will remember The leaf in shading green Only the death-throws of Leaf red leaf red _________________________________ Autumn is nature's palette. Such simple beauty in colour leaf and the trees that weep gold, yellow, brown, purple, and every sh

Autumn's Promise The promise of autumn Whence summer days to pass. A sky of deepening shades, A blue to ever-last? No hint or presage Of grey-damp shadowed streets. Autumn awaits its intrusion, As summer drifts to sleep. The clouds are all forgotten, Sullen and seldom found. But autumn gathers in silence, A-fronted and weathered sounds. The blue-sky warms delusion And hopeful days to remain. Yet autumn's promise is never broken, Come herald storm and wind

Leaf Fall We are the leaf fall, Fading to russet And earthen brown. Where wilted yellow Dew-lit sparkled And frost spattered. The lain leaf, Gathered to mulch. We are the leaf fall, Sodden and soaked, Cloaked and fogged. Autumn hung heavy, As sunlight darkens. Nourishment in death, Forgotten then reborn. An end and beginning. _________________________________ Autumn's here. Let the colour dance begin. The leaf fall. Vibrancy before the sparseness of wint

Summer Walks Walk upon that summer meadow, Under the gilded light of A plentiful sun. Giving, willing. That makes emerald blades of grass Shimmer with silvered dew. And pleasant bow in the wind breath, Happy lain in lustrous dance. Walk and scatter the gentle bee. Succour taken from grateful flower, an eager departure. Listen. Summer's hum, an infinite symphony, Seasons sounds, distinct, without melody. Yet ever pleasing, a calm reassurance. Walk into the ris

Spring Fair The day was set to constant fair, As winter's cold we shivered and shared, Dissipated in the warmth of spring's gentle air. And where myriad colours pleasing abound, With ne'er a grey or miserable blackened cloud, Troubled us or were seldom found. The daffodils bowed in rippling breeze And blossoms burst on orchard trees. Spring. And for now the world was tranquil peace. _____________________________ Spring is such a beautiful time of year. An eme

Snowdrops As these snowdropped jewels In winter sun beauty shone Spring's signs seen anew _____________________________ As the snowdrops emerge, winter slowly begins to yield and spring quietly approaches. #winter #seasons #spring #change

Season Change The end of seasons Changes inevitably come Passing through colours _____________________________ While each season has its own identity, the transition between them is equally majestic. #seasons #change #colour #hope

Stripped Strip the branches bare And leave them Flailing, helpless In winter's winds Grey forlorn and lifeless Yet dormancy will See buds return A spring blossom Of orange, pink And summer leaf In greening shades They may appear lost But colours never fade #seasons #change #colour

Leaf The first leaf that falls Seldom seen and never heard Until spring life returns #seasons #lifecycle #change #life #autumn #spring #leaves

Last Colour As autumn laid itself to waste And all around colours Flashed in last defiant show The leaves drifted to expectant earth Spent of life, but still aglow _____________________________ A stunning day of warmth and cloudless blue skies. The trees in Malvern were dazzlingly brilliant and full of autumn's palette. #autumn #colours #change #seasons

Leaf Song Do you hear the leaves fall? Their song a sad lament To a summer gone No joyous encore Until spring's Return #autumn #seasons #change

The Cold of Autumn We walked over fallen colours That cracked in the crisp morning air. A frosted patina, Dusting the ground And the shuffled sounds Of feet rustling through A thickened carpet Of autumn leaf, Leaving forgotten footprints. Waiting their disappearance In the tepid warmth Of the barely risen sun. Each breath we took, sharp. Tasting the cold on our tongues, We walked on as toes and fingers, Sang in tingled protest. Each prick of pain Penetrating our thoughts,

September's Change September's tread, Deceptive still in leafy green And a stubborn weakened sun, That shimmers in a bitter cold breeze, Against a stunning sky. But a blue clarity That belies warmth. The taste of autumn On stinging lips, Cheeks flushed in red of wind And fingers thrust Into the first pockets of season's change. While booted feet kick The first leaves in fall. The whistling wind taunts, Bringing thoughts of ever shortening days. Where the smiles of stranger

Summer's End Whither summer's end? Now autumn awaits In shortening days Reddening leaf Ready for fall #summer #autumn #seasons #nature #environment #change

Time... Immemorial From the distance of memory A view, a building, unchanged Whereas I have changed Changed as time drifted With gathering rapidity Years passing Momentous or unmemorable And changes seen and felt In ways never anticipated Brick and mortar Form and structure Tradition and solidity preserved But my own mortality Ever present in thought As the years roll by What was present before In time immemorial Will be present after As years turn

Nature painted sky in a palette of colour So stand in awe Let time slowly pass Remember each brush stroke For tomorrow the picture Will be painted different Never the same Ever changing sky Photo taken on top of Fish Hill / Broadway Tower, The Cotswolds, October 2017 #sky #nature #autumn #change

A year ago I walked with my wife and our twin daughters, Louisa and Milla, down by the River Severn in Worcester. A year on and the view is the same..but everything has changed. This is one of the photos I took. Still. Unchanged. Sat still by a lonely bench Staring out and into the past Moments shared But gone now To remain a memory While the places and spaces Where the memories were made Stay the same Unchanged #memories #sadness #moments #photographs #ch