On the air, the taste of frost; breath of wood smoke and tang of leaves are suspended in twilight. A full moon reaches out to touch reflections splintering the white, tinged with bright lights of Christmas trees. Twinkling through the streetlight’s glow, intimate lamps of home remind us that its time to make our way. […]
Tag: Holly
A Thorny Crown
My response to Carpe Diem #995 Holly jagged crown of thorns with a sheen of evergreen pagan protection burning with blood red passion against the low winter sun © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Holly Tree
The holly tree bears berries As red as any blood Adding colour To dark days of Yule Nature’s jagged crown of thorns Silhouetted against the low winter sun Pagan protection From lightning and witches Delineation For farmers’ ditches Burns with passion And fertility Nature’s glossy Christmas tree © Kim M. Russell, 2015
Nature’s Finery
Fiery autumn tints Have been extinguished By the storm, Slipping into winter In its decaying form. But in amongst the hedgerows And branches of the trees Hawthorn, holly and rose hips glow, A burst of sunset colours – Nature’s finery. © Kim M. Russell, 2015
writing in north norfolk 