The trees along this city street, Save for the traffic and the trains, Would make a sound as thin and sweet As trees in country lanes… – from City Trees […]
Whitby, July 2021 Now over to all of you. Do come and join us in our Saturday six-word musings. I’ll admit that many of us openly break the numeric rule […]
The little path that winds down along the slope plunges through cane-tufts and opens suddenly into the orchard among the moss-green trunks of the lemon trees. – from The Lemon […]
Bright is the earth where the dark shadows lie, Cast by the beams of a glittering sky. Praise for the shadows when earth days are done; For the darker the […]
Earth’s the right place for love: I don’t know where it’s likely to go better. I’d like to go by climbing a birch tree, And climb black branches up a […]
A sleeper, they used to call it— … like coffin lids, those leftover slabs, their new-sawn faces turning gold and brown … – from Sleepers by David Black read more […]
When great trees fall, rocks on distant hills shudder, lions hunker down in tall grasses, and even elephants lumber after safety. – from When great trees fall by Maya Angelou […]
Cornwall Road, London, July 2021 Copyright Debbie Smyth, 19 July 2021 Enjoying street art has become a regular event on my travels around the world: more of my findings can […]
All the complicated details of the attiring and the disattiring are completed! – from Winter Trees by William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) read more Heron Island, St Albans, December 2016 […]
