Ponder this Devonian miracle
by Mark Cocker from on (#TTNT)
Claxton, Norfolk The summer woods are disrobing, and you can hear them do so one leaf at a time
On these exceptionally still days I go to the copse by the marsh to listen to its subtlety one more time. You have to work to pick it out behind the blackbird commotion or the jay screech: a snick as a stalk breaks free and the leaf lullabies down.
Often there is also the patter of its zigzag tumble through the branches and then a quiet rustle once it settles among the trees' heap of old clothes. The summer woods are disrobing, and you can hear them do so one leaf at a time.
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