The Fifth Season
The autumn arrives in a golden cloak
With magical wand colour doth soak
Wild berries lie strewn around
Before winter sets a harvest is found
Wildlife scampers prepares for sleep
It's time for farmer to shed his sheep
And winter wind bites without respite
Snow by day and frost by night
Holly berries and the redbreasts sing
A subtle calm to the dale doth bring
And deep below the lying snow
Shrew and mouse lie all aglow
Then winter parts and crocus rise
Bird life heralds in warmer skies
The melting snows shall streams fill
Buds shall burst and a fragrance spill
Nature shall court and bring forth life
Sun and moon are man and wife
Then arrive those barmy summer days
Where gentle breeze and blossom sways
Cider sipped with a ploughman's lunch
And flowers picked by the bunch
Butterflies jig and dance the sunlit air
And an ambiance roams without a care
There is the Fifth season for all to share
Binding the hearts of those that care
Spilling for all from the heavens above
Filling all hearts this season is Love
Loved this classic work Shakes! And the powerful title sums it all up.Simply awesome!
Wowers! Fantastic! I wish I could print this off. So very beautiful, laden with enticing imagery, its loveliness is irresistible. Ah, but how do you do it, Shakespeare? How shall I count the ways and where shall I begin to say what I love best? Superb!
simply stunning-Shakes .....I liked that 3rd verse..beautiful..
An amazing piece of poetry, laced with perfect imagery Chris - Recommended
you are certainly in fine form Chris....this is gorgeous in its imagery and vivid telling
Chris you are magical
remarkable imagry
Remarkable lovely imagery, Great poem. Recommended
beautiful nature and love poem.
These are the genuine observations, evocatively constructed and lyrically composed, that are so very much needed, and will never be forthcoming from fireflies like me : )
Applause for this superb write Chris...five seasons beautifully visited, and as everyone has said, the fifth the best.Love it and highly recommended..so glad you are back with your poetic pen !..Maggie
Wonderful write Chris, this is so full of lovely imagery and how nice for the fifth season to be one of love.........
your soul and the seasons description are great and my salutation!
"Binding the hearts of those that care"...Unique. Structurally the total poem binds itself Ideally by the content of writing...the quoted line is the wisdom...flag it high.
"Binding the hearts of those that care"...Unique. Structurally the total poem binds itself Ideally by the content of writing...the quoted line is the wisdom...flag it high.
beautiful write. loved the imagery and journey through the seasons you painted on this canvas. Reading this gave me the spring and summer months as a reminder to look forward to. well done. -Tonya
Simply beautiful Chris - your expressive phrases bring nature to life perfectly in all its changing glory - yet the fifth season has to be best. Recommended.
a poetic journey through the souls of seasons!
It's perfect. Utterly true. The one season that never dies or steps aside to make way for another. I love this poem Chris! You go from strength to strength - bookmarked (recommended) kath xxx
When I draw the curtains to see a bright new day a poster of this poem would do when only the best will do...regards