Like multi-coloured fallen stars
Japanese maple leaves
glisten on the pathway
in all their Autumnal glory,
drowning in the stream
by the tapestry hedge,
vying for attention
with the lime tree walkway.

Every year the show must go on:
the inanimate, but living trees
dress themselves in the Spring
in the most fashionable
pale green hues -
according to the latest trend,
then disrobe for our pleasure
in the Autumn.

Summer sun ripens the quivering quince
shaken by the audacious squirrel
climbing the spreading branches
laden with the hirsute fruit.
The best is yet to come -
Winter Wonderland.

                       Verica Peacock

(The Inn Scribers)

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