Michael Edwards

THE SEASONS

 

THE SEASONS

                                                                                               

 

SPRING

Scales fall as leaf blades break

and whirling sepals effloresce

with misting sprays in harmony

reflecting seasons early cast.

 

SUMMER

Dressed in hues of deepest green

the fields and hedges, trees and moors

with still no mottled leaf as yet

to fade from colours die.

 

AUTUMN

Wilting growth in brawling tides

of mewing winds that tread the hills

with rustling ebbs of autumn hues

beneath a shredding canopy.

 

WINTER

As stones that lie in frozen pools

when days grow short and ice accrues

and all that lies within is bathed

beneath a blankets cold caress.