Poems – Marchant Barron Words

My poems were in the trees at Westonbirt September, October and November 2017.

Photo of the Japanese Maple that inspired the poem ‘September Slows’ by Marchant Barron.

September Slows - written for the start of the Silkwood Trail

Hear This - written for this grove of wingnuts

Smoulder - written for this field maple

Tanglefoot - written for this horsechestnut

Hallowed - written for the yew shelterbelt

Ode from the Oak to the Ironwood

A Seasoned Lover - written for this smoke bush

Beech Book - written for this beech

My poems were written for specific trees at Westonbirt Aboretum shown in these photographs taken earlier this year. I had to envisage them in Autumn, sprayed in colours that bleed to the earth.

If you click on a photo, or one of the links below, my poem will be revealed.

Ode to the Ironwood from the Oak

A Seasoned Lover

Beech Book