Winters Trenchant March

Winters Trenchant March

Summer just went off-line,

hurricane Bertha

rushed across the Atlantic,

bringing us shades of autumn.

Invaded us with low pressure,

driving winds and torrential rain,

and unseasonable cold.

The grey is so depressing,

knowing that the ‘fall’

is almost upon us

and the wicked claws of winter

follow on her coat tails.

Oh how I yearn

for an Indian summer to descend

and hold back that frigid freeze.

 

20/08/14

Reviews

[Kelly Scheppers]

I love all the seasons, but I'm partial to winter. I love the dress of it, the jeans and boots of it. With summer, the kids go back to school, and that ushers in autumn with her magnificent hues!

This is rich with melancholy, John...and reads so poetically! ...another keeper for me!

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thanks Kelly, you are too kind to me. I would miss winter if I could, Autumn I can live with but I hate wearing all then layers and feeling cold.

[emmajoy]

Words a landscaper understands, part rues, part welcomes. Winter has both exterior and interior benefits.. the imagination plays a large part in them.

' .. and the wicked claws of winter follow on her coat tails .. ' For some reason that reminds me of the Bard.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thank you Emma.

[Rene Salinas]

I felt I was sitting down beside Joh nwhile I read this then of course I realised that we are located in the same geographical area give an take a few hundred miles. Music to my ears though as I offered no resistance at any word, at any line, at any moment in all honesty I can only share the same yearning as for some reason I felt cheated by Summer although is not Summer's fault thatI am so oblivious.

Thankyou John

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thank you Rene. Gloucetershire and Northamptonshire are not all that far apart. Can't wait for the rugby season to begin again!