THE OPAQUE MISTS

 

The opaque mists

Blur and soften

Disguising the landscape

Hiding from sight

Until the sun warms

And burns the mist away

INHABITING THE MARGINS

 

Inhabiting the margins

Of the water’s edge

The waterfowl are found

Hid amongst the sedge

THE MILLPOND WATER

 

The millpond water

In the sultry air

Stood eerily still

its mirrored surface

Reflected its image

In crystal clarity

So perfectly still

That the millpond water

Could have been

A looking glass

For young Alice

To enter wonderland

WATERFOWL

 

So ungainly on the ground

Quite displeasing to the eye

But when they effortlessly

Spread their wings and fly

They perform a graceful ballet

Across the bright blue sky

THE SHARP-EYED SPARROWS

 

The sharp-eyed sparrows

Darting to and fro

Examine the soil

Disturbed by the hoe

Picking out a morsel

And off they go

MARBLED SKIES

 

Marbled skies of broken cloud

Coloured with blues and greys

In the frosty air of winters bite

The marbled skies of winter days

THE MELTING SUN

 

The last deep orange glow

Of the setting sun

Slipped beyond the horizon

Like it was melted

By its own heat

Sending the world into the darkness

Of the fast approaching night