Tonight the Mourning Moon rises up
as the leaves slowly filter down
The wood is thinning out
Hazel crumples and crispens
and Beech emits a final glow
The Starlings have moved in to observe
couples sit and compile tourist memories
Some flowers choose to persevere, the Japanese Ash
and co-patriot Honeysuckle
the Late Lupin
the Everlasting Rose
But under cover of these activities preparations are already being made for new life
Each year our greenhouse has been getting less and less light as sycamores filled more any more of the sky around it
So the time had come to let the light shine in
Fewer sycamores
more light… more kindling
and more firewood
for adding to the stack for use in twelve months time
Lots of trees to be planted this season too and getting ready a bit of goodness
which has come from here
which has come from under here
and been maturing for a couple of years since it was part of the compost toilet
Gribin Isaf 