“Stealth”, Howard Stein
It’s heading into midsummer. So, the perfect time to post a short poem about autumn. “Stealth” by Howard Stein (who has an interesting bio)captures the transitory, and elusive, nature of…
Category: seasons
May, Cheesemount, Tipperary
In winter, summer seems impossible. In summer, so does winter.
On seeing the first butterflies of Spring…
Perhaps it would be better to say that I saw the first butterflies I had noticed this Spring. The unassuming Small Tortoiseshell was the butterfly in question, and like the…
The water-filled River Clashawley, Fethard, in February
Last September I posted eerie photos of the dried up bed of the Clashawley River at Fethard. As contrast, here are some February photos showing the river in good flow:
“November Woods”, Arnold Bax
Back during the summer heatwave I included Arnold Bax’s “Summer Music” in a seasonally appropriate playlist. Here via YouTube is a piece for this season: Bax himself disavowed programmatic…
February, Cheesemount, Tipperary
Winter seems a long time ago in summer, summer seems a long time away in winter.
Séamus Sweeney 