Autumn Adagio - a poem about Lukesland in the autumn by visitor Liz Hanson

Photo by Dan Soley

Sweet serenity lies behind a gate

 In the peace of a garden’s allure

Where time slows, seems to await

 Nature’s orchestral overture

Allowing a wandering soul to hear

Each season tell their story

 Across the swiftly fleeting year

In fanfares of floral glory

Natural living artistry

Composed in perfect harmony

Winters cold indifference

Melting, heralds Spring’s deliverance

Warm Summer’s rich magnificence

Aiding Autumn’s wild munificence

When colours change from green to gold

To orange, russet, red

On maples, hips and haws

And filigree seed head

From rill to stream to waterfall

Crescendos of thundering sound

Act as counterpoint to fungi

Murmuring softly underground

Wood smoke’s weaving tendrils

 Play their plaintive part

Spiralling through the tree tops

As clouds of starlings start

A concerto of exquisite movement

In perfect unison

Cobwebs catching rays of

The slowly setting sun

A moment transcendent

As God and soul align

In the wonder of nature

Ineffable

                                             Sublime                                    LH 2025