The wind whistles
The frozen rain bites
And the chill runs
deep
And we must escape
To shelter safe inside
Where the barn owls
sleep
Monday 16 January 2023
THE WIND WHISTLES
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
A BUMBLE BEE BUSIES
A bumble bee busies
A Butterfly rises and
dips
And there amid velvet
petals
A single hummingbird
sips
SAVAGE SEA
All at sea, all at sea
In the teeth of a gale
Under a savage sky,
Black as night,
The wind blows
unabated
Rain stings the flesh
And drowns the spirit.
Rolling black waves
Crash like thunder
All around us
As nature displays
Her awesome power
We pray to our Gods
Our course changed
By great waves of doom
Driving us on
Against our rudders
will
To end us on a shallow
reef
BE GENTLE WITH THE EARTH
Be gentle with the earth
It matters such a lot
Look at the landscape
And don’t be the blot
Be gentle with the
earth
It’s the only one
we’ve got
Wednesday 11 January 2023
FROM THE SIGHT OF THE FIRST SWALLOW
From the sight of the first swallow
To the moment of the last fall of snow
More than a short romantic interlude
But nonetheless it was bound to conclude
A love born beneath a swallow’s wing
Perished on the very eve of spring
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