Winter's Arrival ~ Premature ~ Unwelcome! Always So Impatient!
The Four Seasons and The Four Winds
TƒSs & TƒWs 2023
Winter's Arrival ~ Again Premature ~ Unwelcome! Always So Impatient!
Unexpected Arrival
Part I
Winter arrived tonight
Not so much from icy blast
But needs must draw the
Velvet curtains
From their long summer slumber
Winter made a premature return
This morning
A Hoare Frost
The Parkland enveloped
Footsteps meandering
In a criss-cross pattern
People
Animals
Domestic and wild
Marks of early morning swoops from on high
The sparrow hawk high in the sky
A beautiful white net cast over bush
Catching the postman's bag
Staying intact
But a vista of ice, caught by the naked eye
In mid air
A sound in the mind's ear
Of fingers light upon the harp
One lone trill through all the octaves
And then slowly back down to a single note
Written on the Moment’s Spur on Wednesday 19 October 2016 10.40 pm Pittville
Part II
My sister Autumn, it is good to see you.
But do not linger, sister. I was very patient.
My sister Winter. Greetings.
And always, always in a hurry!
I'll tarry another day or so.
I will not let you rush me.
Come, sister! Let us walk together.
Nature prefers we give and take.
Nature reminds us
that life depends upon our friendship.
Oh, very well Autumn. If you must!
I can tell you about the fun I had across
the British Isles!
Yes, I know, Winter!
It is that, that we need to talk about.
If you do not be careful,
You know Who, just might remove you
from Nature’s Equation, completely!
Autumn, They!
Winter, They!
WHO!
Winter, You know WHO! just might remove you from Nature’s Equation completely!
Ian Bradley Marshall
13 December 2025
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LIVERPOOL
© 2023 Ian Bradley Marshall
Digital Art by IBM | KTW unless otherwise credited
Unwelcome Winter may be,
but joy is always found
in the smile and acceptance
of Nature.
Ken Webb is a writer and proofreader. His website, kennwebb.com, showcases his work as a writer, blogger and podcaster, resting on his successive careers as a police officer, progressing to a junior lawyer in succession and trusts as a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives, a retired officer with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, and latterly, for three years, the owner and editor of two lifestyle magazines in Liverpool.
He also just handed over a successful two year chairmanship in Gloucestershire with Cheltenham Regency Probus.
Pandemic aside, he spends his time equally between his city, Liverpool, and the county of his birth, Gloucestershire.
In this fast-paced present age, proof-reading is essential. And this skill also occasionally leads to copy-editing writers’ manuscripts for submission to publishers and also student and post graduate dissertations.
