Tuesday, 1 November 2022

Watery Autumn by Irena Szirtes

 

Spectral cow parsley

spits seed into black water

striped with dilute sun.

 

Damp, soft-needled with frost, grass licks

the raggy heron's long toes.

 

Barred sunlight bank to

bank and mists, sky's breath, kiss the

canal with Autumn.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is just great! I remember you reading this at the group, and it's nice to be able to see it in print. I love the line "Spits seed into black water". This is just so poetic -- and it was your first attempt at a haiku! I've got a lot to learn! :) Brilliant.

Alex

Irena Szirtes said...

Thankyou so much Alex! I appreciate that so much, knowing you are into poetry 😊

Anonymous said...

Such beautiful imagery Irena, I loved this poem

Anonymous said...

Many thanks 😊