On An Apple-Ripe September Morning
An Apple-ripe September morning.
Irish Landscape Photography,
Kilkenny based photographer : Nigel Borrington
On An Apple-Ripe September Morning
Patrick Kavanagh
On an apple-ripe September morning
Through the mist-chill fields I went
With a pitch-fork on my shoulder
Less for use than for devilment.
The threshing mill was set-up, I knew,
In Cassidy’s haggard last night,
And we owed them a day at the threshing
Since last year. O it was delight
To be paying bills of laughter
And chaffy gossip in kind
With work thrown in to ballast
The fantasy-soaring mind.
As I crossed the wooden bridge I wondered
As I looked into the drain
If ever a summer morning should find me
Shovelling up eels again.
And I thought of the wasps’ nest in the bank
And how I got chased one day
Leaving the drag and the scraw-knife behind,
How I covered my face with hay.
The wet leaves of the cocksfoot
Polished my boots as I
Went round by the glistening bog-holes
Lost in unthinking joy.
I’ll be carrying bags to-day, I mused,
The best job at the mill
With plenty of time to talk of our loves
As we wait for the bags to fill.
Maybe Mary might call round…
And then I came to the haggard gate,
And I knew as I entered that I had come
Through fields that were part of no earthly estate.
Nigel Borrington 
Lovely cool images for a hot summer day, Nigel. 🙂
August 28, 2013 at 7:25 pm
Hello Sharon, 🙂
Thank you and I am very pleased to be able to help. :):)
August 28, 2013 at 10:25 pm
🙂
August 28, 2013 at 10:25 pm
Really like your composition of the apple tree “trio”!
August 28, 2013 at 8:12 pm
Hello Navery, 🙂
Thank you, I am very happy that you liked this layout – 🙂
August 28, 2013 at 10:26 pm
I love it, this would be perfect for our Labor Day celebrations.
August 29, 2013 at 2:07 pm
Thank you 🙂
Have a great long weekend 🙂
August 30, 2013 at 9:38 am
Gorgeous shots as always Nigel!
September 3, 2013 at 7:08 am