Authors Note
My username comes from Philip Larkin's poem 'An April Sunday Brings the Snow'An April Sunday brings the snow
Making the blossom on the plum trees green,
Not white. An hour or two, and it will go.
Strange that I spend that hour moving between
Cupboard and cupboard, shifting the store
Of jam you made of fruit from these same trees:
Five loads – a hundred pounds or more -
More than enough for all next summer’s teas.
Which now you will not sit and eat.
Behind the glass, underneath the cellophane,
remains your final summer – sweet
And meaningless, and not to come again.
Making the blossom on the plum trees green,
Not white. An hour or two, and it will go.
Strange that I spend that hour moving between
Cupboard and cupboard, shifting the store
Of jam you made of fruit from these same trees:
Five loads – a hundred pounds or more -
More than enough for all next summer’s teas.
Which now you will not sit and eat.
Behind the glass, underneath the cellophane,
remains your final summer – sweet
And meaningless, and not to come again.
I am a huge fan of Literature, History, and art as well as anime/manga and fanfiction. I am on ffn as RemaSofiRuin and spend most of my free time perusing the vast quantities of stories begging to be read.
I have a recent obsession with marigolds and mythology.
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