Tuesday, 9 August 2022

THE FIRST FLURRIES

 

The first flurries of the white,

Began to fall at twilight

Though until the dawn

So by the next morn

Everything lay below

A carpet of fresh white snow

WINTER SCENE

Winter seen through

Frosted glass,

With picture windows

Sugar-framed

Tuesday, 26 July 2022

THE NIGHT IS STILL

 

The night is still

And summer flowers sleep

To awake with dawn

A NEW DAY DAWNING

 

On the distant horizon

The embers of the dawn

Brightly glow

As God blows gentle breath

Upon the glowing coals

And lights up another day

GOD’S COUNTRY

 

The breeze on my face was still warm

Though the sun was setting

With the horizon a kaleidoscope of colour,

There would be more rain before morning.

And the thunder would return.

The grass was still wet underfoot

And the air was heavy with that earthy

Just rained on fragrance

Overhead through the leafy canopy

Was the quiet whispering of the breeze

Followed by a hail of displaced raindrops

And I smiled to myself and thanked God

That I should live in such a place

PEAFOWL

 

Two peahens watched

As the peacock danced

The courtship display

He proudly pranced

 

One hen said to the other

“All this is getting on my wick”

Then shouted “stop showing off

And show us your dick”

THE LIGHT SPRING BREEZE PLAYED

 

The light spring breeze played

An enchanting wind chime symphony

But as the breeze became a gale

It soon turned to a cacophony

AUTUMN MORNING

  The mist cascaded down the hillside Like a maiden’s hair Tumbling onto her shoulders The bare branches of the birch trees Pierced ...