THE MELTING SUN

 

The last deep orange glow

Of the setting sun

Slipped beyond the horizon

Like it was melted

By its own heat

Sending the world into the darkness

Of the fast approaching night

DELPHINIUM

 

Delphinium, The dolphin flower

From Delphis, The Greek for Dolphin

With bottle shaped blooms like a dolphins nose

The golden Buttercup is its Cousin

More humbly known as Larkspur

Gracing the meadowland they’re found in

BOUNTY

 

Carrots and Swedes,

Fruits and Berries,

Potatoes and Grasses,

Beans and Peas,

Nuts and seeds,

Growing all around,

Mother nature’s bounty,

Planted in the ground

WOODLAND COURTING

 

Birds are singing high up in the sycamore

Squirrels busy themselves in the chestnut.

Trees sway in the breeze

Limbs out stretched towards the sun

As in the dampled sunlight,

We walk hand in hand below

Slowly wandering the wood

Through shadows and the sunshine

The humming wings of insects

Our only company

In the shade the spiders silk spun web
Awaits its unsuspecting pray

While I am caught in a different web

On a perfect afternoon

That I wish will last forever

STAR-CROSSED WALKERS

 

A star-crossed couple in the park,

Walking hand in hand in the dark

They don’t care about wind and snow

They have a love to keep them aglow

ASTER

 

Aster, starflower of the Gods

Pleasing to the varied eye

In their beauteous abundance

And loved equally by the butterflies

LONELY EYOT

 

On the lonely eyot

The world hastens by

As the rain fed torrent

Rushes headlong

Towards the sea

And the inhabitants

Of the quiet river haven

In nest and burrow

Fear their island homes

Will be washed away