Auguries of Autumn

 








Beech leaves: copper-coloured

Sycamore leaves: black-spotted; curling edges

Ash keys: hundreds; hanging heavy

Elder leaves: yellow - limp and lifeless

Elderberries: glistening - dark and luxurious

Blackberries: finger-staining

Spindle berries: shocking (pink)

Sloes: gin

Apples (in the orchard): wind-fallen

Apples (in the shops): English

Hazelnuts: rattling in their shells

Haws: full-blooded red
Conkers: strung

Swallow: solitary

Swifts: gone

Grasses: gone to seed

Ivy: flowering

Mushrooms: mushrooming

Cobwebs: visible in morning moisture

September: sunny

Evenings: chilly

Fields: empty; stubble-strewn

River: swelling