To mark a special project in conjunction with The National Trust, marking the first day of spring, and also World Poetry Day, two beautifully evocative tracks from a new EP by the trio of poet laureate Simon Armitage, with music from singer Richard Walters, and producer Patrick J Pearson. To explore and enjoy more by LYR, see also the other embedded links below.
You lost your sparkle at the fair,
apple, cherry, blackthorn, pear
watched every petal disappear
among the glamour and the glare and dodgem cars
and flying chairs and candy floss and dancing bears,
the goldfish and the silverware.
apple, cherry, blackthorn, pear
Glitz and glitter in the air
but blossom neither here or there.
apple, cherry, blackthorn, pear
The woods beyond were sparse and spare,
the branches empty-handed, bare,
no glint of blossom anywhere.
apple, cherry, blackthorn, pear
You walked the planet for a year,
slept in the jaws of winter’s snare,
knelt at a campfire like a prayer.
apple, cherry, blackthorn, pear
Then woke one morning in a rare illuminated atmosphere.
The trees wore flowers in their hair,
and on the hill you stopped to stare
at blackthorn, apple, cherry, pear, as blossom blossomed everywhere
and everywhere and everywhere.
apple, cherry, blackthorn, pear
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