Cormatin

Cormatin

A walk in the garden with friends
Formal French geometry
Clipped in hedges box and yew
Dug in diamonds curbed clean kempt
Ancient treasure here restored
And careful modern in the midst, permitted wildness
Grasses blow

At every turn a new delight
Autumn colours shimmer bright

Sun on water, ripples, geese
Crimson deckchair on the lawn
Look, secret wonder through the arch
A potager that brims and bursts
Sings and laughs and calls us in
An artist’s palette here deployed
To feast the senses, soothe the soul
Every shade and colour splashed
To clash and contrast, blend and match

At every turn in mellow light
A walk with friends for sheer delight

30th September 2009, Lys, Burgundy, for Sue and Di