WATERFOWL

 

So ungainly on the ground

Quite displeasing to the eye

But when they effortlessly

Spread their wings and fly

They perform a graceful ballet

Across the bright blue sky

THE SHARP-EYED SPARROWS

 

The sharp-eyed sparrows

Darting to and fro

Examine the soil

Disturbed by the hoe

Picking out a morsel

And off they go

WHITE AS LILY

 

Full moon, white as Lily

how you do pluck at the strings

of young lovers’ hearts

SPRING WAKES

Spring wakes from lazy

slumber, finding the Crocus heads

already on display 

WANE BITTER SEASON

Wane bitter season,

dare Snowdrops to appear, before

winters lingering bite

LITTLE ROBIN REDBREAST

 

“Little Robin redbreast

Where can you be?

Dear little Robin

Come and say hello to me”

 

“I can’t “says the Robin

“The winter is preventing me”

 

“Little Robin redbreast

Where can you be?

Dear little Robin

Come and say hello to me”

 

“I can’t say hello to you

Because I’m frozen to this tree”

CHRISTMAS FERN

 

Christmas ferns

Abundant and evergreen

With Pinnate leaves

In lance-shaped fronds

Dense clusters of

Featherlike leaflets

In wide display

Decorate the

Christmas landscape

Of North America