Oft in the woods
\nYour clutches trip
\nCut into shin
\nThe violent whip
\nA searing tear
\nA painful treat
\nYour brambled heart
\nHardly discreet<\/p>\n
Blackberrying
\nSuch a pursuit
\nAntiquity
\nDid follow suit
\nIts rambling thorns
\nDid once exclaim
\nAnd Tusser knew
\nWho we should blame<\/p>\n
The country lanes
\nKnew the belief
\nThe hedgeroes
\nThere brought
\nSome, some grief
\nAutumns leaves
\nAn artists soul
\nVariegated brimstones role<\/p>\n
Caramel toffee mahogany
\nCadmium orange
\nWhere seldom we
\nRealise the amethyst
\nMottled and dappled
\nAnd lost in the mist
\nOf time
\nLong flowering wouldst she
\nAnd abundance too
\nGreen to red
\nAnd black all through<\/p>\n
Strong hooked prickles
\nFor those who come
\nTo pick the fruit
\nAnd to eat some
\nRemember the spiders
\nThat sample too
\nAnd build their webs
\nWhere spiders do<\/p>\n
The astrigent green
\nThe fruitiest black
\nSweet and wholesome
\nThough all attack
\nThe hand that plucks
\nThe skin that ply’s
\nAnd causes a teardrop
\nFrom one’s eyes<\/p>\n
Up our walls across the earth
\nThe scale of growth
\nIs of such worth
\nMonopoly yes it will try
\nTo really and honestly
\nMultiply
\nHundreds of pounds
\nOf fruit will be
\nWhat is our lasting reverie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Oft in the woods Your clutches trip Cut into shin The violent whip A searing tear A painful treat Your brambled heart Hardly discreet Blackberrying Such a pursuit Antiquity Did follow suit Its rambling thorns Did once exclaim And Tusser … Continue reading