@Idissent thank you so much for reading them, and for telling me that you look forward to them. That's so good to know.

The kind of grey
When you know the day
Will bring some sun.
A silver, clear light
A horizon magnified
Close enough to touch
The world laid out
as a map before me
I could go where I please
But I go the same way
Autumn scents load the air
With fruity spice
Fallen leaves in wind blown piles
Thistle-heads droop
They bear the weight of water
I saw a spiraling sparrowhawk
Trailing his burden
of worried pipits
Noisy as they pass
Knowing their enemy
Holding him closer still
#CoSopoetry

October
The winter birds are crying
And the cold North wind is blowing
Trees are bending southerly
Wild air moves through their leaves
There are pipits on the wires
Telling stories about summer
And the crows are climbing brave
Into the grey, grey day
My world's a misty hinterland
Where water gods are playing
Where the fields are rippling, full
Of the rains from yesterday
The road is like a river
Its surface shining silver
And new-made streams are flowing
Autumn trickling away.
#CoSopoetry

There's a choice to be made
On a day like today
When the whole of the sky
Cries down its rain
And low grey clouds
Might smother your joy
We can weep with the day
And take solace in knowing
That there will be brighter days
Or we can look for the light
The brilliant white
On the wheatears back
As he flies to the wall
And the golden stars
Shining like kisses
Amongst the sharp thorns
Of the scented gorse,
And know.
#CoSopoetry

Two hawthorns
Apart and together
On a bright horizon
Each in their own ground
But leaning in
towards the other
Topmost twigs
Intertwined
But not quite touching,
Each just in
The others space
From a distance
One beautiful tree.
Have you noticed
how the buzzard soars?
Holding air light
Beneath his wings
Its not the work of flying
Takes him high
But the rising air
Lifts him.
Let the beauty
Raise you
I'll let the beauty
Raise me
#CoSopoetry

@allin feeds my soul too. Can't imagine what life would be like if I was too busy to notice. How much poorer my life would be.
Thanks so much for reading and enjoying my poems, Shelley. You are very kind

The first frost
A crystal shine on
The blazing gold
Of the sunlit moor
Blue is in the heavens
And the music of small birds
I'm noticing the lovely trees
The bent old hawthorn
Crouching by the wall
My moorland oak
Her leaves now chocolate brown
The slender birches
Silver light
And slight, their fragile branches
Reaching out and swaying
In the gentle rippling
Of an autumn breeze
#CoSopoetry

It's as though the air is sparkling
It's like I'm in the land
In the landscape
Inside it
A part of it
And the air is moving
A soft breeze, breathing
And above me
There's gold and silver
And I'm completely
Taken by the music.
#CoSopoetry
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Misty again
But a thin mist
Somehow I can see through it
Into the green
Down to the valley
There were deer in the garden
Again last night
And I wonder what it all means
I chose the steep route
And worked hard for the summit
Followd by pipits
And goldfinches tinkling
Heard but not seen
Lost in the mist.
A single magpie
Watches as I pass by
But I feel no sorrow
Only joy
I can feel the light
#CoSopoetry
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Autumn mist
And the ditch is burning
Bright with fireweed
And daisies.
The day feels lighter
There's hope in the air
As if it is shining
There's a song in my heart
The wires are loaded
With Rooks and Crows
Their solemn music
a requiem for summer.
My darling
I thought you had gone
for the winter,
But here you are
Still dancing
The last Swallow
Silver shining
As gold breaks open the mist
Like a little token
of love remembered
#CoSopoetry

@allin so lovely. Thank you 😊
Thanks so much for having the courage to reply.

My demons visited
Again last night
To ask me
as they often do
if I am worthy of love.
They know exactly
where to prod and poke
To reignite
that gnawing ache
And then I waken
Crying,
To see the grey dawn breaking.
Love is the grey ghost
That dances in my garden
I know you're here
Because I feel your footsteps
Falling,
Dancing in my heart,
And the demons ache
Becomes the ghost again.
I wonder if the Ravens
Know this pain
As they dance in pairs
In tumbling spirals
calling.
#CoSopoetry

The Ravens do
What the Ravens do
Bravely up
Beyond my ken
To fly above
My foggy world
I stay down here
In the land of men
And strain to reach
Your lofty heights
And every day
Again I'll try
No matter how hard
I cannot fly
I cannot join
Your raucous joy
With mine.
So I'll wait a while
And love the land
And take again
My lovers hand
And then perhaps
We'll fly together
To something
That approaches heaven.
#CoSopoetry

Like a shining pebble
On the ocean's shore,
Knowing the storms
That smoothed the pebble
And the pebble is
As the pebble is.
All I have is love
I'm not sure I want
to leave any of it unspoken
I want to give it all away
Setting just enough aside
In a shining pebble
For anyone who needs to pick it up.
2/2

Today, I opened the gate to winter
And the north wind blows
I've been thinking again
About endings and beginnings
Today, tomorrow
Daisies
and magpies.
About joy
And about sorrow
What a strange thing
The weight we leave behind
Did you want to shape it
So it was just right?
1/2

Certain
Like the moon
From a gentle fairy tale
No coldness or grief
Just magical
A firefly light
The sparkle of a smiling eye
And around it, glowing
Like a mantle of silk
A ring of bright night
A gentle embrace
This beautiful moon
Feels like a lucent kiss
in the deep silver dream.
Today the sun is golden
And the day is warm and blue
The island looks closer
So close I can almost reach out
And touch her gentle shore.
#CoSopoetry

The storm has passed
Blue skies and soft breezes
Last.nights moon
Made a gentle eye
A steadfast gaze
Reminds me how the world can be
When my darling looks at me
Deep softness
From the darkness
Silver, shining
Full of song
It fills my heart
For nights when there's no moon
And the clouds block out
the silver shining light
#CoSopoetry

All the bright colours
of the evening rainbow
Light the horizon
Behind the island
Like a dream
Out of the darkness
The full moon is rising
Shining down on you
Like a blessing
There's a fork in the road
And it does not matter
Which way takes you
You will find your way
I'm climbing on the fine edge
Between pain and joy
Knowing we will meet again
in whatever the rainstorm brings
And laugh.
Today is life
Tomorrow never comes.
#CoSopoetry

Racing away
Like time,
Careering round blind bends
On my own side of the road
Travelling
Going nowhere
And anywhere
All at once.
Scented air
Fig and fennel
Orange blossom and thyme
Up to the stone city
Blistering in the heat
Ancient atmposphere
Alive with shimmering
Eagles and Ravens
Soar in spirals
And the island awaits
Like a beautiful promise
So hard to reach
But utterly present.
#CoSopoetry

History oozes
Like warm blood
Out of the rocks
Upon which I stand
I'm alive
To the moment
Where timeless ghosts
Admit their failure
Under the shade
Of the cool cypress tree.
We stand on the same ground
As gods and demons
We all look the same
Far above the shining sea
Under the Ravens wing we fly
All our gifts
Our little offerings
Dark as coal-bright
Bright as starlight
On the plough,
The way is rutted smooth by time
The careless slip away,
There's no tomorrow.
There's only ever now
#CoSopoetry