This Green and Pleasant Land

England in all its glory ...

Rolling hills and valleys green

What lovely places to have seen

Amongst the wondrous countryside

With winding roads and rivers wide

And as the morning sun shines bright

The land receives a lustrous light

Awakening the trees and streams

So every colour breathes and gleams

The mountain tops with snow so white

Such a glowing wondrous sight

And through the fields of corn and wheat

The rural vision of a street

Swaying on the summer breeze

Wind is drifting through the trees

Mountain water crisp and clear

Always sparkles every year

Even when cold winters blast

Freezes over parts so fast

Then when springtime reappears

And the snow just disappears

Vibrant life is born once more

Bluebells .. lilies … carpet floors

Trees again will lose their strife

Britain’s beauty springs to life

Inspiring Constable to frame

Giving rise to such acclaim

Turner too saw golden skies

Reflecting all seen in his eyes

Like the artist’s loving hand

Showing such a pleasant land

 

Phil Sanders

Reviews

[Kim Kruger]

Through writers such as yourself I have fallen in love with the lands you call home. I hope one day to cross the pond and bask in the beauty of the English countryside. In the meantime I'll continiue to look forward to the imagery you bring to the Writer's Cafe.

[Candle in the wind]

You have painted such a beautiful picture! Thanks for giving me a glimpse of your beautiful world

[Steven Williams]

The imagery you used really painted a picture in my head that made me want to visit England, being that I have never been. Wonderful read....

~Stephen

[ah]

great write, i really really loved how u painted that picture in my head... i would suggest however that you might want to look at putting punctuation in there and the only reason i say that is because i had to start over at a couple different lines when i just kept reading... but like i said, it is a great write, thanx for asking me to read

[jen -- JG]

As always Phil a lovely descriptive poem. A visual delight in written word. Very easy to read - a smooth flow a great read. well done

Jen - J G

[Sally Edwards]

Beautiful words , they flowed so smoothly taking me on a journey through the english countryside, I love bluebells and i was able to see them on the forest floor like a blue carpet, wonderful work, simply the best.

[An Ordinary Woman]

Brilliant as always!!!!

I love the pic, is it one of yours? It's fabulous!

Your words took me inside the photograph and allowed me to visit ... it really doesn't get much better than that, amazing. Thank you for the journey!!

[R J Askew]

Beautiful job. It reads sweetly from start to finish with the ryhming scheme working well. And I could feel spring a stirring ydy and today, though it is a bit early and we may yet have a foot of now. But the hedge sparrows and song thrushes were tinkling away as I left my house this morning to come to work. It is great to read British pastoral poetry. Maybe if I can ever escape city life I will start writing about curlews and dippers!

[Carl]

Awesome poem here Phil. Very discriptive good use of words and great flow. I enjoyed where you have taken the reader through the fields and the streams where nature and natural beauty sparkles and gleams. My favourite lines of this poem are The mountain tops with snow so white , such a glowing wondrous sight,
And through the fields of corn and wheat, The rural vision of the street. This is a quality peice in my view this is your best poem so far
respect

[Amor-de-angel]

I have been so lucky to have lived in 'Constables Country' a beautiful and inspiring part of Britain.
A lovely poem..very much a tribute to home. Our Beautiful Country...
Well done Phil