Tuesday 30 May 2023

Thor Sørheim: 'Grønn høst'

 

GREEN AUTUMN

 

The bank of cloud is washed away by the sun which spatters drops of light

against the white house wall. Yellow birch trees straighten up

the fields that lie in a long line down towards the river bend. The lorry

with a green awning fills out the autumn day that as yet has not

tasted frosty nights. The leaves are falling more or less

 

randomly to the ground. This is not to say  that nature

is experiencing the calm before the storm. The purple dome aster

holds its flowers up high. The blackberries are still

there for the picking, and the funnel chanterelle clings

to rotting pine stumps. The autumn is green, forecasting more vapour.

 

 

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