Gathering Summer In

Gathering Summer In

(Words and music by and © Talis Kimberley, 2009)

Plum tree harvest: crumble, cake.
Fruit to stew and fruit to bake.
Borrowed sacring – candle’s lit,
Hestia won’t mind a bit.
Cardy-cold, not coat cold yet;
Sky still bright but earth still wet;
Seasons turn, Autumn begin –
Gathering Summer in.

Hazel in her ragged skirts;
Chestnut in her velvet purse
Elderberry dark and fine,
Cordial and winter wine
Dusky sloes and pumpkin-lantern-time…

Rosehip syrup, scent of red
Bottling what roses bled.
Onions drying in the warm,
Tassels on the yellow corn.
Plum tree harvest: crumble, jam.
Thankful? Oh, indeed I am!
Seasons turn, Autumn begin –
Gathering Summer,
Gathering Summer in.