SEE THE COCK BIRD STRUT

 

See the cock bird strut

His dance of spring

With flaunting feathers

He will gayly sing

In hope of delivering

Cupids amourous sting

BLACK SHROUD

 

The black shroud of night

Falls across the land

Like a black velvet cloak

Dropped by an unseen hand

SIMPLE PLEASURES

 

One of my greatest pleasures is a well-kept garden

Whether a cottage garden with its simplicity

Or paths and planting laid out with symmetry

Or the parterre with its ornamental formality

MARBLED SKIES

 

Marbled skies of broken cloud

Coloured with blues and greys

In the frosty air of winters bite

The marbled skies of winter days

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