Monday 31 January 2011

AT SEASONS CHANGE

 After a long drive and a short walk on the Ashridge Estate I ended feeling cold and poetic. I wrote the Spring part last year but I felt the need to capture the changes that clung in the cold and crept out with the sunlight. 

I drove to Great Gaddeston, Little Gaddeston and Gaddeston Row - that was enough Gaddestons for me ;) Then we walked and hurried home.

SEASON'S CHANGE

Winter hardens in glittered bite;
Crisps, in sharp snaps, bladed dew;
Breathes on netted, silk-draped, bushes.
Winter does not warm to daylight’s lowered rays.
Winter rawness strains by cracks;
Pales while drifting blankets smooth;
Winter’s un-dyed skeletal mask deceives and smothers.   

Spring shoots from grey ground,
Darts in coy callings: tree to tree,
Peaks on spindled fingers seeking light:
Spring does not rush its great reveal, it revels in slow-rising sap.
Spring wafts irritating clouds,
Prances to new life’s dance,
Blushes while blossoms robe:
Spring, plush with lush life, swells and over-all flows.

The day felt like one season and in the sunlight, and from the car's rose-tinted interior, it masqueraded as the other..

Don't you love how words combine with internal rhythms?
Two answers are perfectly possible ;)

7 comments:

  1. Hi Lindsay
    Thank you. That's not poetically lyrical ;)

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  2. I need this season to change. Here in the States we've had our fill of winter. Thanks for the beautiful post.

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  3. Hi Charli
    It was good to see green, and to feel a little warmth in the sunlight :)

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  4. "Blushes while blossom robes" Loved that line. Lovely poem. Thanks for some inspiration

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  5. Nice words woven nicely. :)

    Spring wafts irritating clouds.
    I like this line.

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  6. Hi Lisa
    Thank you for your kind thoughts. I'm glad the poetry was an inspiration :)

    Hi Chandrika
    You must be a fellow hay-fever sufferer. I love everything about spring except what it does to my sinuses. ;)

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