Sunday, 15 May 2022

TROGON

 

In the rain forests the Trogon dwells

Eating insects, fruit, and seeds

A bird with the most lustrous plumage

Nesting in holes in the trees

PADEMELON (SMALL WALLABY)

You’ll find the Pademelon

Beneath the rainforest trees

As they hop in search of food

In the cool of the evening breeze 

THE THROWS OF SPRING

 

Its springtime

When beauty is released

Like a hand stitched

Patchwork masterpiece

Nature shows off

Her springtime finery

Spread like a throw

Over all you see

THE HILLSIDES IN MAY

 

No finer sight the eye will see

Than the hillsides in May

A carpet of green spread out

So as to take your breath away


THE HIGH MELT

 

The high melt waters rush

Feeding springs annual event

As over the ancient rock

Water tumbles effervescent

As it heads inexorably to the sea

In its headlong descent

THE AMBLING STREAM

 

The early morning sun

Glints on the ambling stream

Where the Kingfisher hunts

And lovers go to dream

REFRESHING SPRING

 

Refreshing spring

The season of renewal

When nature will release

Her early jewels

AUTUMN MORNING

  The mist cascaded down the hillside Like a maiden’s hair Tumbling onto her shoulders The bare branches of the birch trees Pierced ...