September Equinox

We thought the walk from Stonegate might be fun

So we parked by the church and donned our boots

Before setting off behind the school en route

For Burwash, and lunch at the Rose and Crown.

We should have realised quite early on

That way-marks seemed to disappear with ease

And comments like the 'left hand of the trees'

Were little help when other signs were gone.

The hedge-less fields, ploughed paths, no-entry signs

All chipped away at early morning calm

Until we had to accept, in some alarm,

That we had lost the route and must resign.

          Plump blackberries, plucked along the way

          Gave little succour to a frustrating day.

Brian Hick Septembe 2008

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