Monday, 9 May 2022

In the Adelaide Hills

Living “upside down” affords new views

Autumnal tints inspire my muse

Though eucalypts stay bold and green

Maples glow with russet sheen.

 

The Angas Vale turns burnished gold

Though breezes whisper, it’s not cold

As tourists, mostly locals, come

For tea or coffee in the sun.

 

School holidays are at an end

Now Oldies venture out to spend!

Quaint Stirling hidden in the Hills

Reverberates with ringing tills!

 

Winding roads, tree-lined, rush past:

Late afternoon sees shadows cast

On tarmacked roads, with in-filled cracks

Here reigns the peace that Europe lacks …

 

It’s picture-postcard all the way;

Where scattered village stores display

Modern snacks beneath old signs

Reflecting life in bygone times…

 

Has time stood still, or do I dream?

The Hills round Adelaide can mean

A kaleidoscope of leaves unfurled

Unruffled in this hectic world.


(c) Poet in the woods 2022




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