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The trees begin to wilt and fade;
Another year is on the fall.
Though autumn can defy the odds,
The winter’s cold is bound to call.
The daytime’s relegated role
Is limited to minor parts;
Discarded leaves drift down to earth
In patterns of the purest arts.
In nights replete with cloudless chill,
We shiver at the crisp-cut moon;
The powdered snow beneath our ...
Wednesday 16th October 2024 6:21 am
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It’s rare to stumble across this:
Land left without a manicure,
Raw nature, standing untended
Or, at least, unchanged for a while,
Allowed to spread its arms and breathe,
To relax, far from the treadmill.
Behind the padlock on the gate,
A run-down, flaking, disused shed
Is masked by brambles, overgrown;
A rusty post clasped half-way up
By suffocating, unscythed grass.
...Saturday 18th February 2023 8:45 am
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