Saturday 31 December 2022

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

Tuesday 16 August 2022

LITTLE ROBIN REDBREAST

 

“Little Robin redbreast

Where can you be?

Dear little Robin

Come and say hello to me”

 

“I can’t “says the Robin

“The winter is preventing me”

 

“Little Robin redbreast

Where can you be?

Dear little Robin

Come and say hello to me”

 

“I can’t say hello to you

Because I’m frozen to this tree”

CHRISTMAS FERN

 

Christmas ferns

Abundant and evergreen

With Pinnate leaves

In lance-shaped fronds

Dense clusters of

Featherlike leaflets

In wide display

Decorate the

Christmas landscape

Of North America

MERRY BELLS

 

Merry Bells of Christmas

Of genus Uvularia

Whose yellow drooping

Bell-shaped flowers

Brighten the season

CHRISTMAS BELLS

 

Christmas bells

Of Genus Blandfordia

Orange or crimson

Whose large flowers

Brighten the season

BATHED IN SUMMER SUNSHINE

  Bathed in summer sunshine Gentle breezes stir the stems But above in the golden sun Grow an array of perfect gems