IN THE COTTAGE GARDEN BEDS

 

In the sunny cottage garden

The hollyhocks thrive

Pleasing to the eye

And loved by the butterflies

Hollyhocks are the eatery

For larvae to thrive

Perpetuating the Painted Lady

Also pleasing to the eye

PASTORAL VOCATION

 

On the open moor land

Shepherds roam

In pastoral vocation

Leading a nomadic life

Following the seasons

In symbiotic union

With ewe and lambkin

PANICLES

 

Panicles of vibrant pale purple,

Clusters of lilac flowers

Offered to the bee and butterfly

In the sunshine and the showers

HELLO MY LITTLE BUZZY BEE

 

Hello my little Buzzy bee

Amidst the flowers flying free

Gathering the Pollen busily

Make sweet honey just for me

ENTER THE GARDEN HUMBLE BIRD

 

Enter the garden

Humble bird

Sing the sweetest

I have heard

Sing loves song

Upon the breeze

To your mate

Up in the trees

Bid her come

Courting on the wing

And with her

Brightly sing

STUNG BY HAIL AND RAIN

 

Stung by hail and rain

And colds numbing bite

And cut through like a knife

By the east-wind’s spite

IN THE DEW FRESH MEADOW

 

In the dew fresh meadow

I watch the dawn’s first rays

Appear to evaporate the mist

In the majesty of Autumn days