26 AUGUST 1995, Page 32

True Colours

Hosing at last light, and wondering just how domestic he can get and knowing all too well the price of what he settled for and doubting what may come of it beyond such happiness as this, he notes the glow of incandescence on each leaf, and blue more blue than ever, lemon gold and carmine, with the full moon waiting for his change of heart.

John Mole