Remainers

 

 

Remainers.

 

I saw today a final fat berry drop floor-ward.

 

Surplus juice oozing its fastness had loosened
and snap went its hold.
Tumbling to earth heavy with fructose to mud
one swollen head rolled

 

Glistening the ferment of sun-sweetened nectar
bled as last globe unhooked.
The bush once loaded with bee-buzz now naked 
twiggy-thin barbs litter its look.

 

Produce collected in baskets of globuling gems
takes trips of earlier mission.
Open to mould the few remainers of lip-licking
gifts soon drop to extinction.

 

As a left-over exception to former success and
though split is one berry alone
Seasonal pleasures come to an end so country
folk value each thorny hedgerow.

 

Praise for any late summer thirst-quenchers
all weary field-workers call best Girt-Berries.

Reviews

[barleygirl]

Just yesterday I picked a bowl of raspberries & strawberries from my garden, but as I do, I feel this could be the end of such summer sweetness. I love how your poem describes those last hangers-on in a way that makes me think of this message as how life dries up slowly toward the end (not just the berries). I am just about at the point where I give my garden over to winter, even tho I've been trying to get some cold-weather crops started like beets & artichokes, but everything grows so SLOWLY when it's cooler . . . maybe I don't have the patience for winter gardening! Love how your artwork is so artful, as well as illustrating your point perfectly (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Fay Slimm]

ah when summer draws to an end those berries are all the more precious - I too have autumn fruiting raspberries which have done so well and are still producing but as you say Margie we have to give gardens over to winder eventually and strange to say I too am trying to grow a few cold weather crops - - thank you and fondly for this lovely review. ........ hugs aplenty -- from Fay

[Neville]

............ this is exceedingly juicy and as far as poetry is concerned, a real tonic .. now where did I put me Ribena .........................................................Berry good indeed Fay :)

[Fay Slimm]

Love the way you make me smile - - a review to remember when I get the home-made blackberry wine on the go Nev .......... thanking you ever so hic - muchly............... x

[Neville]

............. somewhat more than just welcome ma'am :)