Suzy Davies's Blog: Book News - Posts Tagged "autumn"

Off us two went, beneath the trees,
that crackled and snappled
in Autumn’s crisp breeze,
our wellies slish-sloshing through the pelting rain,
plip-plopping, plip-plopping
again and again.

The thunder it rumbled,
and the wind it blew
but on and on,
the adventurers, two,
rustled through leaves
till we came to a tree,
and the treasure it threw -
just for you, and for me.

Dark red-brown shiners
were there to be gathered,
the bigger the better -
that’s all that mattered!
We took them in armfuls,
filled carrier bags,
then we strung them on strings -
“Oh, what fun we had!”

Crashing and bashing,
we let the strings fly,
around our knuckles,
and up, to the sky!
Knocked them together,
till they spun around,
in a smackety wallop -
one fell to the ground!
One of the shiners
was all split into two,
twas tough on the outside,
but inside, all goo!

The champion, victorious,
announced that she won
and I was defeated, but still, it was fun!
Conkers, all bonkers,
Oh, what a game!
And when next year comes
we will do it, again.

Copyright, Suzy Davies, All Rights Reserved. 21/10/2017

Tribute to Fall.

Today, I awoke to a brilliant blue sky,
the trees they were burnished,
the grass, not so dry.
A single leaf danced
as the wind started up
and the rain from the gutters
dripped down,
drop on drop.

Today, I woke up to a shimmering lake
alligators snapped
as the water did break.
Higher than ever
it swirled round and round,
opalescent eddies,
surging towards ground.

Today, I was wandering in scrub wilderness
with blue jays and butterflies,
and birds, building nests.
The eye of the sun
cast its honeyed light
on the earthen pathways
that stretched to the sky.

Today, I woke up as the thunder it roared,
and the seahorses crashed
on the fringe of the shores.
Lightning split skies
as the sea broke the sand
and my heart thrilled once more -
wild tides, untamed land.

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