BUTTERFLIES FLUTTER BY # 1

 

Butterflies flutter by

In Magnolia melancholy

On gossamer wings

THE HEDGEHOG CULL

 

The campaigners have won

The Hedgehog cull won’t be done

They argued it shouldn’t go ahead

It was just wrong they said

Saying they were un putdown-able

I think they are just un pickup-able

THE RICH FED GROUSE THRIVE ON THE MOOR

 

The rich fed grouse thrive on the moor

The golden hare lives on the valley floor

In the meadow you’ll find rabbits there

While the fox sits patiently in his lair

WHEN THE WIND IS IN THE SOUTH

 

When the wind is in the south,

And the sun is in the sky

This is the time I like most well

And my spirits are very high

BUSY BEE

 

Under a sky of periwinkle blue

The honeybee sips the morning dew

Then she spends the daylight hours

Humming amidst the meadow flowers

THROUGH GREEN-WOODS AND MEADOWS

 

Through green-woods and meadows

The happy travellers wend

Along the meandering river

Until they reached journeys end

IN THE WATER MEADOW

 

In the water meadow

The Mayflies pirouette

On gossamer wings.

A pair performs a duet

As they dance their

Ephemeral vignette