Wednesday, 10 August 2022

HONEYSUCKLE HEDGES

 

Honeysuckle hedges

Line the fence

Banks of Purple columbine

Catch the morning sun

Beds of scented roses

Beside a manicured lawn

Herbaceous borders trimmed

By neat rows of annuals

Clematis climbs the trellis

Amidst the well groomed shrubbery

There’s so much more

Than stocks and hollyhocks

In an English country garden

THE ROSE LIKE BLOOM

 

The rose like bloom

Fresh and vivid as a blush

On a maiden’s cheek

The star of the firmament

Of an English garden 

 

THE BEES ARE BUSY ON THE MOOR

 

The bees are busy on the moor

Among the purple heather

The birds are on the wing

Enjoying the clement weather

The most perfect place

For we two birds of a feather

But it holds no pleasure

Now we are no longer together

HOW SINGS THE SAVAGE BEAST

 

How Sings the savage beast

With a heart full of misery

When held within the narrow

Bounds of his captivity

 

How Sings the savage beast

With a heart full of joy

When his confines evaporate

And he is as free as a boy

THEY CLIMB WITH STRENGTH AND GRACE

 

They climb with strength and grace

And ramble wide and free

They stand alone as Floribunda

Standard or Hybrid Tea

The glorious English rose

Beautiful flower of history

THE SUFFOLK HORSE

 

The Suffolk Horse

Heavy draught horse

Beautiful Chestnut beast

Solid and dependable

With energetic gait

Known as “good doers”

The Suffolk Horse

Work horse of the land

LET THE WIND HOWL

 

Let the wind howl

Let the tempest blow

Bring forth the rain

Bring forth the snow

Then let the frost bite

Let the ice crack

Then we can get

The winter sun back

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 ...