flowers shiver in the cold

willows bend

reeds wave in the pond 

summer is almost at its end.

gulls labour through the pinking mist

spots of cows on far hills

nibble on fields above the sea

small houses dot the hillsides

brilliant white,

emerging into clear, crisp sunlight.

wagtails hop

a cast of sea gulls lift into the air

then settle among the cows.

honking geese fly overhead

with questionable navigation.

their voiced heard

echoing against the cliffs of the sea.

  

© Wendy Smit-Taylor
2014