THE CHAFFINCH

She builds her nest

In the time of spring

And then to find a mate

She must patiently sing

 

Chaffinch sing your song

So charmingly

From your high branch

Up in the chestnut tree

THE SEEDS OF LOVE

 

The seeds of love move

Wind-blown in the breeze

And settle on fertile ground

To germinate in willing hearts

THE CHANTICLEER HERALD

 

The chanticleer herald,

Cockerel strutting proud

Crowing to the dawn

With voice Clear and loud

THE BEES ARE BUSY ON THE MOOR

 

The bees are busy on the moor

Among the purple heather

The birds are on the wing

Enjoying the clement weather

The most perfect place

For we two birds of a feather

But it holds no pleasure

Now we are no longer together

HONEYSUCKLE HEDGES

 

Honeysuckle hedges

Line the fence

Banks of Purple columbine

Catch the morning sun

Beds of scented roses

Beside a manicured lawn

Herbaceous borders trimmed

By neat rows of annuals

Clematis climbs the trellis

Amidst the well-groomed shrubbery

There’s so much more

Than stocks and hollyhocks

In an English country garden

DEVOID OF JESSES

 

Devoid of jesses

Or strips of leather

Birds of prey

Fly off the tether

As God intended

The Falcon and the Hawk

Patrol the land

AS for prey they stalk

HERALDING AN APPROACHING STORM

 

Heralding an approaching storm

Lightening lit the far horizon

As thunder rumbled

Around the valley

Then louder and louder it grew

Closer and closer it came

Until it was overhead

And the house shook

With the power of the thunder clap

And Jagged ribbons of light

Struck the earth

Then almost as quickly

As its thunderous arrival

It moved off into the distance

UP ON THE MOOR

 

Up on the Moor

The birds take flight

On the glorious 12th

They leave the hill

With a bevy of Grouse

The trappings of wealth

AS THE LENGTHENING DAYS WARM UP

 

As the lengthening days warm up

When the north is on the cusp

The ice begins to speak or sing

Heralding the arrival of spring

SWEET MEMORIES OF OUR CHILDHOOD # 2

Sweet memories of our childhood

Sunny days bright and pleasant

Cold crisp Novembers on the heath

Beating the bracken for the Pheasant

SWEET MEMORIES OF OUR CHILDHOOD # 1

 

Sweet memories of our childhood

Those days of youth were the best

Golden Septembers in the fields

Gathering the bounty of the harvest

IN SHADES OF RED AND ORANGE

 

In shades of red and orange

The sky burns with fire

Clouds in sunset are illuminated

Like smoke in a funeral pyre

AS STREAKS OF GOLD APPEAR IN THE WESTERN SKY

 

As streaks of gold appear in the western sky

I look into her hypnotic green eyes and sigh

With her in my arms and romance in my heart,

As the sunset glowed, I vowed we’d never part

THE SUN BURSTS THROUGH THE CURTAINS

 

The sun bursts through the curtains

As dawn brings forth another day

And bids us waken from our rest

With every golden warming ray

HEAVEN SENT APRIL SHOWERS

 

Heaven sent April showers

Will bring the May flowers

And after spring has begun

Soon comes the summer sun

21st CENTURY NURSERY RHYMES # 360

 

There they go round the mulberry bush,

Showing their bush,

Showing their bush,

There they go round the mulberry bush,

On a cold and frosty morning.

ILLUMINATED SUNSET CLOUDS

 

Illuminated sunset clouds, lit

Like smoke in a funeral pyre

In red and orange shades

As the sky burns with fire

NATURE GIFTED US WITH THE SNOWY OWL

 

Nature gifted us with the snowy owl

Who on majestic wings takes flight

In the Arctic regions of the North

Hunting its prey both day and night

IN THE DEWY WINTER MEADOW

 

In the dewy winter meadow

I watch the dawn’s first rays

Beginning to evaporate the mist

In the majesty of winter days

BENEATH AZURE BLUE SKIES

 

Beneath azure blue skies

Beside a silent pool

A bird sings in the stillness

Its sweet song drifting

On the lemon scented breeze

As evening approached

FLAMES OF THE FOREST

 

Leaves like tongues of fire

Set the scene ablaze

Kenya’s Flame trees

Burning bright in paradise

THE FIERCE SUMMER GALES

 

The fierce summer gales
Howl all through the night
Whipping up the seas
And turning wave tops white
The poor souls at sea
On the dark summer night
In the teeth of the tempest
Feel it’s savage bite
And pray to their gods
To save them from their plight
As the gale blows through
On the dark summer night

IN THE DEWY SUMMER MEADOW

 

In the dewy summer meadow

I watch the dawn’s first rays

Beginning to evaporate the mist

In the majesty of summer days

THE FIERCE SPRING GALES

 

The fierce spring gales

Howl all through the night

Whipping up the seas

And turning wave tops white

The poor souls at sea

On the dark spring night

In the teeth of the tempest

Feel it’s savage bite

And pray to their gods

To save them from their plight

As the gale blows through

On the dark spring night

IN THE DEWY SPRING MEADOW

 

In the dewy spring meadow

I watch the dawn’s first rays

Beginning to evaporate the mist

In the majesty of the spring days

WATERY WORLD

 

In a river, barely worthy of the name,

Where the gentle water trickles back

Towards a greater watery world,

Lives the humble little stickleback

IN A COUNTRY LANE

 

In a country lane

Where the noise of a highway

Is thought too fanciful

A wagon carries bales of hay

As the farmer heads home

At the end of the day

BENEATH THE GREY SKIES

 

Beneath the grey skies

In the crisp morning air

An overconfident fox

Chases after a march Hare

AN OAK

 An Oak, tall as a cathedral spire

Cast a mighty shadow

As the setting of the sun

Turns the western sky to fire

ABOVE THE HORIZON

 

Above the horizon

The beauty of a sunrise,

Slowly emerges and

Illuminates the sky

And as it spreads into the morn

It burns red on the calm water

As a cool pleasant breeze

Drifts gently across the bay

NARWHALE

 

The narwhale lived year-round

In the Arctic waters around

Greenland, Canada, and Russia

Along with its cousin the Beluga

The narwhale males fished

The waters, and are distinguished

With its long straight helical horn

Like a predatory arctic unicorn