After a blessing of rain:

Uncut diamonds

Fresh opals of dew.

Have Courage

With a leap of faith
He found contentment
Waiting for him in plain sight.

Evensong

Petrichor perfume
Fills the evening air.
Birdsong floats away our cares.

Rain.

Nice weather for ducks;
It's coming down in stair-rods;
Raining cats and dogs.

An English Affair ( Tanka)

An English affair:
Tea in a marquee.
You simply have to be there!
(Never mind the persistent rain
Let's have a walk down the lane.)

Wisteria

Wisteria weeps
From the eyes of history
Surveying the land.

Cricket

Genteel Summer game:

Willow thwack on wood

Polite applause dressed in white.

Ducks

Honeymooning ducks
Hide among the reeds
Grabbing a stolen moment.

Snow?

Carpet of blossom
Falls in the orchard, drifting.
Unseasonal snow.

The Green Man

Galloping approach,
Sap rises through the woodland:
The Green man cometh.

Killims and Crochet

Killims and crochet,
Warm quilts and sheepskin,
Comforting home from sweet home






(photograph by kind permission of J Durrand)

Blossom

Blossom backlit blue:
A treasure for bees
Fit for more than forty thieves.

Marshmallow Tree

A good day begins:
First lovely I see,
"Good Morning Marshmallow tree.
"

Morning Meadow

In a meadow framed by trees
Horses stand and doze
In the morning breeze.

Garden Tmesis

Lawn-blooming-mowers!
Broken down again;
In-bloody-convenience!

Fan-bloody-tastic:
Wheel-barrow puncture.
Lurching like a hopeless drunk.

Dande-flippin'-lions
Poking through the gaps
Laughing at the weedkiller.

And ant-friggin'-hills
Central to the lawn
Their own cityscape on stripes.

A gardener's frustrations
Are beyond compare
As they tear out hair!