Awakening

Foetal fecund

Jumbled together

Knocking and bumping

Tearing sounds

A flash of light

Then falling, falling

Deep down

In the dark cool

A quiver and a tremble

Nearby a sliding, slithering

A scrapping, scratching

Something passes by

Distant muted sounds

Warbling, gurgling

Chirping and buzzing

In the deep cool

A tiny touch of warmth

Penetrates to the core

Then cool smooth flowing

Pores open and receptive

Absorb minuscule droplets

Soft and damp, warming

Swelling, expanding, cracking

Vulnerable softness exposed

Slowly, gently easing

Threads chasing down

Then drinking deeply when found

Pushing, stretching up and up

Climbing towards the warmth

Journeying through the dark

Suddenly bursting through

Tiny spears of green

Dividing and unfolding wide

Greeting the world

Embracing the gentle breeze

And soaking up the sun

[30 June 2009]

Rural dream

Sleeping and waking

Green fields sail by
Stone churches and bridges
Between trees, over streams
Tracks rumbling along below

In Spring-time
I could almost fall in love
With England from a train


[19 April 2010]

Day 61

Driving home under a blue sky
Brilliant streaming sunset
Yellow daffodils on the roadside


[08 April 2010]

Day 43

Springtime sun
The bee communes
With a dandelion flower


[21 March 2010]

Day 18

In the darkness of the evening
In the gaps between thoughts
The bleating of lambs is heard


[24 February 2010]

Day 15

Sunshine dances
Across snow and ice
Inviting Spring to burst through


[21 February 2010]

Day 11

The grey morning
Emerges from the dark
To be greeted by the lambs


[17 February 2010]

Day 10

Recall the lambs in the field
The cool morning light
A day gone by


[16 February 2010]

Day 08

We waved across six thousand miles
I see snowdrops in the lawn
And think of you


[14 February 2010]

Picnic

Warm sun of late Spring
Playful breeze

A pair of buzzards
Circle high overhead

Picnic in the hills
Boys off exploring the woods

Sitting still - for a moment

Caressed by Spring
And your gentle hands


[30 May 2009]