Urbanity
...You cannot hold Winter
Children weep for acorns
and their plummets of blackcurrants
They have lost their Midas Touch
Urban foraging is bygone pride...
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Categories:
blackcurrants, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Gooseberries and Sharp Creases
...GOOSEBERRIES AND SHARP CREASES
The plumpest, juiciest, hairiest gooseberries
My grandfather grew in a circular bed,
Dead centre of the immaculate lawn.
And blackcurrants under ...
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Categories:
blackcurrants, death, grandfather, sick,
Form: Free verse
Lean Time
...As the days shorten and skies darken
Greenwich meantime feels like a lean time.
With a heavier coat I go out scarfed,
my hat pulled down, to find those last leaves
compact in corners and crevices...
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Categories:
blackcurrants, garden, moon, november, rain,
Form: Verse
Autumn Days
...Rowan berries cluster orange
ripening an August morning.
Tart apples crisp knotted branches,
fallen, scarred fruit
soften wasp warm soil.
Blackcurrants burst sweet
bowing from boisterous bushes.
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Categories:
blackcurrants, life, nature, seasons,
Form: Free verse