RED ADMIRAL

 

Red admiral flutter by

You Beautiful butterfly

Drink from the buddleia

Lovely Vanessa atalanta

AMIDST THE MYRIAD STARS

 

Amidst the myriad stars

The bright crescent moon

Hangs in the midnight sky

And palely paints the ocean

With its gentle lunar light

RETURNING HOME

 

Through leafy glades we walked together

In the dappled shade beneath the trees, where

Spots of light chase each other frantically

As the soft summer breeze moves the treetops

As on the forest floor the patterns change

In some place’s shafts of golden sunlight

Burst through the canopy, like sunbeams

Sent down from God above to light the darkness

In the sunnier spots the blue bells dance

As if to entertain the travellers

The path leads us upwards into the light

Each step taking us to ever lighter skies

Until we emerge atop a green hill

We looked out across the land, England

And knew what we had all fought and died for

To save this land from the spoils of war

LITTLE BIRD BRING US

Little bird bring us

Your sweet song

To woodland

And to meadow

Usher in another

Blessed summer

HUMMINGBIRD FLY

 

Hummingbird fly

On vibrant wings

Sip, iridescent beauty

From trumpet blooms

The nectar sweet

With long slender bill

In flower deep

THE SWIFT

 

The familiar forked tail

And crescent wing

Of the agile Swift in sky

Performing aerobatics

Above the fields of gold

So pleasing to the eye

THE PURPLE DEPTHS

 

The purple depths

Of heather on the hill

Looked down at their reflections

In the watery shadows

Of the timeless loch