Sunday, 5 March 2023

WINTERS WRATH NEAR SWEEPS ME OFF MY FEET

 

Winters wrath near sweeps me off my feet

As snow and ice join the skin stinging sleet

Who would be outside during the bitter season

A sensible being would need a good reason

To be wrapped up in hat, scarf and glove

In the teeth of a storm and for me it was love

THE SOUNDS OF NATURE PLAYS A SYMPHONY

The sounds of nature plays a symphony

In the summer, fall, winter and spring

The rain and hail, blizzard and storm

Even the wind in the trees has a song to sing 

ON STRONG WINGS

 

On strong wings

In perfect flight

The eagle appears

Slowly circling

Until its prey

Comes into view

And it swoops

To take its victim

Majestically on the wing

And carries the spoils

To the hungry mouths

Waiting in the eyrie

THE EAGLE SOARS

The eagle soars

On majestic wings

Effortless in flight

Riding thermals

In the distant sky

IN THE MOIST EARLY MORNING

 

In the moist early morning

Dew drops embrace

The willow stems

Like lovers tears

Until they evaporate

Under the sunlight’s caress

ABOVE THE HORIZON

 

Above the horizon

The beauty of a sunrise,

Slowly emerges and

Illuminates the sky

And as it spreads into the morn

It burns red on the calm water

As a cool pleasant breeze

Drifts gently across the bay

GALES ARE DRIVING WAVES

 

Gales are driving waves

Against the resilient shore,

And pounding

Them on to the rocks,

While on the edge of the wind

There is distant thunder sounding

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 ...