YELLOW BELLS

 

The Yellow bells

The viscid herb

Inhabiting the arid places

With its sticky leaves

And pendulous bell like

Yellow flowers

Blooming in the desert

Of the south-western states

OUR HOUSE WAS POOR

 

Our house was poor

But the land was rich

Mother Nature’s

Bountiful abundance

Rich in leaf and bud

Enriched in flowers

Many a summers’ day

I lay amongst grasses

And the wild flower stems

In scented meadows

That leaves me dazed

As the summer sun

Set alight the burning gem’s

CHIRRUPING CRICKETS

 

Chirruping Crickets

Foxes in the thicket

With croaking frogs

And barking dogs

Screeching bats

And yowling cats

We left the ugly city

For peaceful and pretty

Well the country life

Is nothing but strife

CALIFORNIA YELLOW BELLS

 

California Yellow bells

Inhabiting the arid places

With pendulous bell like

Yellow flowers

Blooming in the desert

BENDING IN THE BREEZE

Bending in the breeze

White stalks sway

Flower heads dancing

On a summer day  

THE PEACEFUL VILLAGE

 

The peaceful village

In the frozen valley

Lay quietly beneath

Its winter cloak

SOUTH WESTERN MISSION BELL

 

The Mission bells

Blooming herb

Of the south-western States

With dark purple

Bell-shaped flowers

Mottled with green