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There’s no sound

Quite

Like the sound

Of a late afternoon breeze

In gold, autumnal trees,

As we walk

Through waves of leaves

By some quiet riverside;

Unless

It’s the sound

On a still day

Of the shoreline’s whispering reach

On a long, golden beach,

As the day leaves and waves

Whilst we walk

At some hushed eventide.

(C. IGR 2010)

This came to me the other day when I was wandering along beside the River Soar taking pictures of the autumn. If I had to come up with my favourite ambient sounds then it would be these.