Monday 27 July 2009

A Cornish Hedgerow in High Summer

This is the road
between Advent Church and Camelford

head high with flowers:

Cow Parsley,
Rosebay Willowherb
Vetch and Foxgloves.

When a car passes
you must step into this tangle of flowers
embracing the fragrance of high summer.

It could be any Cornish road in July,
billowing out,
soft tendrils of grey-green,
fronds of ash-white.

Above your head is the flat blue
clear polished afternoon light

and in this enclosed world
there is hidden treasure
if you know where to look.

Posted by alice c at 00:01

2 comments:

  1. JuliaBAugust 01, 2009

    Hello Alice, welcome back! We have just returned from Cornwall (bliss), and were near Camelford only yesterday! It was raining though. x

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  2. SuseAugust 07, 2009

    The beauty of this post, and these pictures, almost made me weep.

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