THE CHANTICLEER HERALD

The chanticleer herald

Cockerel strutting proud

Crowing to the dawn

With voice Clear and loud 

GATHER IN THE WOODLAND LILIES

 

Gather in the woodland lilies

Kissed with natures gentle dew

Lay them on the polished oak

And bid your love a fond adieu

THISTLEDOWN, IN IDLE FLIGHT

 

Thistledown, in idle flight

Drifts upon the highland wind

Like ancestral spirits

BLUEBELLS IN THE WOOD

 

Bluebells in the wood

Sway in the dappled shade

To the tune of Spring

RED ROSES

 

Red roses

For my true love

Each stem symbolic

One for each year

Each unopened bud

A year yet to come

RED DAWN

 

The Red Dawn of a new day

A glimpse of heaven

Signifying a new beginning

Another precious gift

Another day of life

Not to be squandered

But be accepted

In the spirit it was given

THE RED RIVER OF THE NORTH

 

The Red River of the North

Is born at the confluence

Of the Bois de Sioux

And the Otter Tail

Flowing north through

The Red River Valley,

Forming the border

Of Minnesota and North Dakota

On its journey into Manitoba

Where it washes into Lake Winnipeg

And spreads into the vast deltaic wetland

Known as Netley Marsh