beneath the vine
Vines sculpt spaces as they grow, clinging to and draping across the surfaces they choose to colonise.
Telephone poles display armloads of Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia ( L.) Planch.) …
The moose fence along the highway is softened by a curtain of Virgin’s Bower (Clematis virginiana L.) …
Purple grapes, ready to pick, fill the arbour with soft shade…
ripened shadows
~
under layered leaves
marbled shadows hang
in cloistered dark
~
cool nonchalance
columnar grey intensifies
as grapes grow ripe
~
taut green ferments
to purple must
and effervesces air
~
even where no surface intercepts
clustered shadows
ready to pick
~
© Jane Tims 2011
nichepoetryandprose 
Agreed- the verse has a great vibe. Plus, I’m a Virginia Creeper fan!
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Watching Seasons
October 20, 2011 at 6:33 pm
I love Virginia Creeper. The plant on our power pole is from a small slip I collected down by the St. John River about 30 years ago. Every year the wind knocks it down and every year it patiently climbs the pole again. Jane
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jane tims
October 23, 2011 at 8:05 am
I enjoy the feel of this poem. The first verse has something especially that appeals to me & i don’t know why or what, but think it might be (Im pretty ignorant about poetry I have to admit) something similar to what I like so much in Dylan Thomas’s poetry;It conjours up a sort of velvet richness!
The previous post about the kennings is also very interesting & as someone who hasn’t studied litterature(although I enjoy reading) it helps me to think a bit about the structure & how that might be creating an effect in my response.
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Sonya Chasey
October 18, 2011 at 2:54 pm
Hi. A huge compliment as I love Dylan Thomas’s poetry. The kennings are a particularly rich poetic device and it is fun to make them for the various images I encounter. Jane
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jane tims
October 18, 2011 at 8:18 pm