FIRST FLURRY

 

Amidst the first flurry

People start to hurry

And urgently scurry

 

For the very first sight

The first glimpse of white

The heart takes flight

 

I’ve come to know

When it first makes a show

How much I love the snow

TALES OF THE RIVERBANK

 

A bee sipping nectar from a flower

A sparrow sipping dew from a leaf

A butterfly on his way to somewhere

Pays us a visit but it was only brief

 

A duck quacks out on the water

And we hear a Kingfisher splash

An elegant swan glides effortlessly by

And the dragonfly makes a dash

 

PEACH BELLS

 

Peach Bells

European perennial

Bellflower with racemose

Of white or blue

BEES ATTENDED TO THE ROSES

 

Bees attended to the Roses

As Butterflies fluttered by

The great artist mixed his blue

And with it painted the sky

And the sweet scent of lavender

Lingered long on the afternoon air

Should we ask for better?

I don’t think we dare

BABBLING STREAM INTO RIVER

 

Babbling stream into river

Flows on through the lea

skirting woodland as it winds

On the move constantly

Cutting thru meadow sweet

On its journey to the sea

THE CHAFFINCH

 

She builds her nest

In the time of spring

And then to find a mate

She must patiently sing

 

Chaffinch sing your song

So charmingly

From your high branch

Up in the chestnut tree

SWEET BELLS

 

Sweet bells

Long racemes

Of pinkish flowers

Abundant on

Bushy Deciduous shrubs

Across eastern States