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