Highlighter of vergeOf gateway or of the fieldBrilliance displayed.One day flowererA splash of red against greenNative of wasteland.Resilient seedTo paper- thin endurance Poignant remembrance.
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This Sunday in the Slow Lane
A walk from Bolberry Down to Bolt Tail. Lovely to be out in the air ( it was very windy ) and to hear the sea. The surging waves against the shore were dramatic and the clouds played marbled patterns across the surface of the sea.
When it rains
Summer Solstice at Stonehenge
The Heel stone marks the rise The crown of the year The sun in its meridianHeld momentarily clear;Statistically recordedLongest day of light Waning days till YuleBale fires alight.Mystic ritual performed, Ancient Norse procession,The light of Earth’s existence,Mysteries of succession.The sun reaches its zenith Upon these ancient stones;Our planet in quiet alignment In beauty is honed;ConnectsContinue reading “Summer Solstice at Stonehenge”
Haiku: Mizzle – a definition
To understand
Music
So true Music
Compromise
The stillness of Morning
Ghost routes
A narrow length of grey Disappears into blackBetween high hedges Well aligned.Ferns are archedWith secrets heldIn spectral stillness.A Breath of windCastselicit conversationsBetween the leaves,Murmurs Of time forgottenyearsBy long gone travellersWhose spectres linger thereAbove the moss And creeping ivy That twists around The gnarled trunks of trees.Haunting stillnessEnvelopes all and Takes me in to feelAnd breatheContinue reading “Ghost routes”
Ruth Partridge 