Tag: February
February
tiptoes across a winter landscape,
dressed in white array,
luring us away from cold depression
of dark, dank January,
with dazzling brightness;
promising the hope of
Spring beyond.
Ah! What trembling beauty
lays a carpet of expectant joy!
[Mr G. Candemass]
The photo speaks its own message.
Very still, chilly breeze, birds singing for Imbolc/Candlemas ….But fallen giant conifer trees from the storms are on slopes exposed and waterlogged ground. After the storms, the birds sing of hope, for Spring, new life, another season to grow. Bittersweet calm, but the low sun rising is warming the cold wet land and her creatures. [Gill]
February
tiptoes across a winter landscape,
luring us away, from cold depression
of dark, dank January.
Weak, shy strengthening Sun,
practices dazzling us with brightness;
whispering promises of hope
about Spring beyond.
Ah! What trembling beauty
lays a carpet of expectant joy!
Mr G February 2024
A poem inspired by a winter visit to the Norfolk countryside in February 2023. Crafted by my friend Piers.
End of a winter’s afternoon.
A banded landscape
early green hemming
coffee-ground fields
threaded with the teased-out wool
of gathering mist.
Charcoal tree silhouettes
trace the horizon
where coral embers flare :
molten bars, wedged
under a belly of pale heron-grey.
Piers Northam
Norfolk
16 February 23
Mr G's Ponderings 