crab apples flourish
sullen copper swirls of leaves
Autumn encroaches
It’s getting colder, the wind is picking up. On our walk through the moors we noticed the crab apples had really grown. The other day on a drive I saw wind fall leaves swirling in the wind. Tree’s are shedding their summer coats. Autumn is on her way.
photo I took of a crab apple tree. Apples, Apples everywhere
Break the tender peel,
Let the sleeping death seep through,
Enigma silent.
Hopefully Alan Turing will get his pardon this year, the 100th anniversary of his death. A war hero, genius mathematician and the father of modern computing he suffered the indignity of a chemical castration after admitting to sexual relations with another man. A tragedy and a disgrace by today’s standards but sadly illegal in his time.
His favourite film was Disney’s Snow White, he used to quote lines from it. I’ve adapted a couple of them in today’s Haiku. He took his own life by taking a bite from a poisoned apple.
Pic from Bletchley Park website.
