Wickers' Wood
The Big House and farm were sold, The house has been renovated as offices, and the garden and fields now contain a housing estate. Some of the wood still stands as a timber copse.
Night:Winding wind whisperingThrough white willows;Over broken boughs Of time worn trees;Lazily lapping Their Nearest neighbours Brooding branches;In the Eerie emptySlumbering silenceOf the Wicker Wood.
Morning:Rabbits rompingRound and round,Blackbirds’ Shrill sounds Disturbing darkness.Grasses glisten. Dewey dawnAwakes, each Rustling russet leafAs morning murmuring Fills the Wicker Wood anew.
Day:Children crouchingClutching, undashed dreams,Play patiently,UnawareOf loneliness,Knowing only loveliness In theTimeless tenderComforting, unclaspingUnknown embrace Of daytimeIn the Wicker Wood
Night:Darkness draws cool curtains,CatchingCows and horsesHurrying homewards happily.Descending dreamlikePicture paintingFigure floating, SunsetSettles silentlyAnd Night-time visitsThe Wicker Wood again.
Published on April 19, 2018 02:32