LIKE WIND BLOWN PETALS

 

Like windblown petals

The snow fell in gentle swirls

Settling on the landscape

To delight the boys and girls

THE MILLPOND WATER

 

The millpond water

In the sultry air

Stood eerily still

its mirrored surface

Reflected its image

In crystal clarity

So perfectly still

That the millpond water

Could have been

A looking glass

For young Alice

To enter wonderland

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