Wind changes
Walls run with lizard, ladybird, sun-shadows,
stone baking still though the fierce heat has gone,
shrinking day by day deeper to the core.
Meadow grass bobs with yellow flower heads,
sunspots, dabs of mauve, clover, thistle,
the dash of butterflies.
But wind rattles the drying leaves,
tossing poplar pennies, raining acorns
where furtive fur ruffles,
and the lizard lifts its head, sniffing the change,
aeons of memory of the great cold coming,
and the dark just beneath the hedge.
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Such vivid descriptions, Jane. That last stanza is almost a poem in itself.
Thank you 🙂 The wind has swung around to the south again and it’s warm. The harvesters have just started on the corn so there’s a noise all the time, wind and distant machinery. They’ll keep at it well into the night.
I guess it has to get done! I suppose that’s happening at the farms around here, too.
Love this one. The lizard at head and tail and the evocative imagery.
Thank you 🙂 The lizards haven’t decided to give up on summer yet, still darting about.
The wind is clearly having its day. I love the image of the walls running with life. (K)
It’s still blowing from the south but we’ve been warned—it’s going to swing north in the course of the next 24 hours. The ladybirds have holed up and I think the lizards know where they’ll be when the cold comes.
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The words are hurrying up like the poems content. Wunderful penned! xx Michael
Thank you, Michael xx