Tag Archive | winter
The frozen song
Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes:
The sea that summer hissed Through the poplars’ rippling green Has ebbed now. Leaves cold-crisped Crick crack Like the bleached bones of last spring’s blackbird. His rich golden song Still as ice, The notes frosty pearls Rocked in the black depths of the winter sea By the unvanquished robins’…
Cold comfort
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
It can be cold in London… damned cold… No, wait a minute…that’s the start of one of my favourite episodes of The Goon Show. *Thinks, I wonder if I can get it online…? (I sound like Bluebottle even to me at this point) Ah yes… now, can…
Jackdaw sees
Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes:
Wind is king in the autumn sky Tossing squalls of feathers and flocks of cloud. Round about the spire jackdaw jester soars Settles with mock gravity on the cross iron And peers from the dizzy height at the world below. His raucous voice calls the pigeons from their nests…
Haiku: wild sky, wind and water
Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes:
Breeze gusts its cold chords round the notes of summer’s song autumn melody. * ? In the lake’s mirror a second moon glows palely caught in dark waters. * Pounding thunderclouds hooves scatter stars like sparks the wild hunt passes. * Winter waves carry scents of snow and ice…
Snowfall
Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes:
How hard it is In this sultry summer heat To remember the soft cool touch Of the first snowfall On a still winter’s day. ©Rod Allday
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 