Thursday, 15 November 2018

Seasons



Seasons

Amid the rotting and decay
It shows such an amazing display!
Green, orange, red, amber, brown
A reddish sky at sundown.

Warmer clothes, hats and coats.
The time of year for sore throats!
Harvest away some veg and fruit
Hibernation is in pursuit.

Evenings' darker, gain an hour,
Another years’ flown by somehow.
Hail and storms with a strong breeze,
Leaves have fallen from the trees.

It’s looking frosty, it’s getting chilly
Sub zero, minus something degree,
It’s started to get even colder;
A scarf now covers all our shoulders.

Winter time, virgin snowflakes,
All six sided, no mistakes!
Sit cosy and warm with lit fire inside
And sleep through all yuletides.

It’s slippery in the freezing rain
A New Years’ been and gone again.
And as it thaws and slowly melts,
A warmer feeling has been felt.

And soon it’s the March equinox
We lose an hour on our clocks
The planted bulbs and the pretty flowers,
Awaiting rainbows and April showers!

A different colour a new hue
All reborn and renewed!
It’s looking pretty, green and lush
Spring time cleaning and paintbrush!

Perennials start to push through
Listen out for the first cuckoo;
Blossom flowers fall all askew;
Bluebell woodlands purple-blue.

It’s getting hotter, we feel the heat
Sandals worn for our feet!
This new warm season just begun
Sizzling in the summer sun!

 It’s humid now and we all frown,
A dip in the sea to cool right down!
We rub lotion deep within
So that rays don't burn our skin.

And if we’re lucky a holiday,
Something different, time away.
Lazing in the glorious weather,
Relaxing with some time together

Now the evenings are quickly cooling
Darker evenings there’s no fooling.
It’s now the September equinox,
We gain an hour on our clocks.

Back home now the wind and rain
It's all so hard to ascertain
Older by another year,
As autumn leaves they reappear.

Amid the rotting and decay -
Such an outstanding colour display!
See the fireworks; stars in the sky.
I wonder how and wonder why?

Copyright Linda Lawrence

Autumn 2018

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