Photograph taken at Needham Lake, Suffolk today. There has been no adjustment to this photo - it is just as it was taken by the camera. A quiet backwater of this lake (that formed in an old grit quarry) meanders through thick trees giving a mystical and fairy world feel to the scene as lime-green algae covers the waters. The water appears bright green and magical. Just out of shot ducks were skimming the surface with their beaks collecting the algae and leaving a trail of clear water in their wake. In the poem that I have added to this post, traditional local folklore is borrowed in the form of hobby lanterns - fairies with lights (or will-o’-the-wisp like characters) that hop from bank to lure travellers into marshes, river backwaters or meres.
From #deviant spring
She rises unseen
In backwater hush
Where acrid mists steam
Veiling the pit
On waters that swell
A lime‑green blanket
Disguising her Hell
Fairy lights play
To lure you astray
Slimy, cold bile
Her fairy‑dust smile
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#vss365 #Verseve #poetrychallenge #day2 #color