A DEW DROP SLOWLY ROLLS

 

A dew drop slowly rolls along the broad leaf

Like a perfect pearl, it moves on its journey brief

Before dropping off the edge to a rivulet below

And the pearl disappears into the mercurial flow

AS THE EVENING LIGHT FADES

 

As the evening light fades

The sky takes on a twilight hue

Until the stars appear above

And the moon comes into view

THE HEATHERS ON THE HILLSIDE

 

The Heathers on the hillside

And Buttercups in the meadow

The Bluebells in the woods

And Orchids in the hedgerow

What a green and pleasant land

Where the wild flowers grow

THE RED KITE

 

The Red Kite

Beautiful in flight

In the Cape Verde sky

Raptor flying high

ON THE CUSP OF SPRING AND SUMMER

 

On the cusp of spring and summer

Hawthorn hedgerows bloom

And produce their fruity haws

Before the autumns gathering gloom

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