under through beyond
now it hides
it plays it sighs~
November
Gill McGrath©
Tag: garden
in garden. clipped. wrapped. silent
The castle on the hill
Stands like a fortress now
High sloping roof
Still
Ready
For the snow
The howling winds
The silence~
Surrounded by hard paths
All swept
Clean of summer
Now nothing moves
Step altered
Grass paths
Worn anew leaf specked
Lead silent
Towards the empty space
Where a new sown meadow waits uncut
Full of clover clumps
Buttercup and daisy roots
Where seed of poppy on new earth
Traces the shape
Of the old shed
Stripped
Dismantled
Packed
Now gone
Green box
Clipped like soldiers
Stand motionless in wind
Sentries snipped
In control~
While rain lashes
The silly sprawling fig
Still shooting buds
In the hope of finding Spring again
The beech hedge
By the door
Reduced recently
By a noisy chain
Stands silent too~
Leaves tight in hold
Still there
Guarding
The view
~Turn~
See the starry hedge
By the creaking fence
Unclipped
Dishevelled
Still breathing
Wind whipped
Holding onto
Summer’s song
While leaves astir
In gentle hold
Hide a secret~
In her leafy hollow
Underneath her gentle boughs~
Where they can see
The mists the moon
Play hide and seek ~
Her secret womb
The nesting place
Abandoned now
By flying things
And summer’s stars ~
It’s where you’ll hear her
When she weeps
In autumn rain
~Still spangling from last summer’s sun
Waiting
Still waiting
Still
Gill McGrath© ~ November 9~ written October 5
feathers alight
seasonal magic has turned ~ iris petals…..
…..into a purse filled with gold!
…..found under the hedge today!
Gill McGrath© October 14 garden. diary. Press pics to see detail …..both photos are in high resolution
[Behind the orange berries( of pale purple iris) are the duller beige seed heads of the bright yellow pond edge iris. The red leaves are from the Virginia Creeper]
A Goldfinch arriving in the rain
The feeder has been out there for a month stuffed with thistle seed to attract the finches but there has not been a sign of interest from any bird ~ until yesterday. A goldfinch, in the middle of cold rain ! and today in a tiny piece of sun he brought a friend along….
Gill McGrath© July 28 Result. Yay!
it says paint me. pick purple….
Challenge: day 3
‘Let’s count the petals…..’
Summer
Evening
Two voices
Under a tree
Laughter
A daisy
Held high
In a tease
Like mistletoe
Then silence
No laughter
Light fading
And a little voice
Saying
Do you love me?
Gill McGrath June 26 [19 petals]
…..That was my attempt for today 3/5
Thank you for the invite Holly @ heartafire
The challenge is –
“Post a photo each day for five consecutive days and attach a story to the photo. It can be fiction or non-fiction, a poem or a short paragraph and each day nominate another blogger for the challenge……”.
……. I challenge poet and author Richard Ankers @
richardankers.com
Moon in the sky
bright at 5 still bright at 5
pass by sweet rosemary…
pass by sweet rosemary
the running cabbages
the beans with strings
keep to the path
you’ll find a field
a secret garden filled
with dancing poppies
but take care….
….not far from the path
there are some sleepy fluffy flying things
Gill McGrath© June 18 afternoon. a family of sparrows flew the nest today