AMIDST THE MYRIAD STARS

 

Amidst the myriad stars

The bright crescent moon

Hangs in the midnight sky

And palely paints the ocean

With its gentle lunar light

MELLOW YELLOW

 

Like surreal yellow oceans

Vast fields of yellow rape

Stretch across the landscape

To an unseen infinity

The breeze ripples their surface

Whipping them up like waves

Ahead of an offshore wind

Driving them ever onward

Towards the hedgerow shore

While birds appear to dance

Above the custard coloured sea

THE RED SQUIRREL

 

The red squirrel

Cute arboreal Character

Once abundant in our woodland

Now small in number

Only survive in small pockets

Thanks to the grey intruder

A DEW DROP SLOWLY ROLLS

 

A dew drop slowly rolls along the broad leaf

Like a perfect pearl, it moves on its journey brief

Before dropping off the edge to a rivulet below

And the pearl disappears into the mercurial flow

AS THE EVENING LIGHT FADES

 

As the evening light fades

The sky takes on a twilight hue

Until the stars appear above

And the moon comes into view

THE HEATHERS ON THE HILLSIDE

 

The Heathers on the hillside

And Buttercups in the meadow

The Bluebells in the woods

And Orchids in the hedgerow

What a green and pleasant land

Where the wild flowers grow

THE RED KITE

 

The Red Kite

Beautiful in flight

In the Cape Verde sky

Raptor flying high