Saturday 15 June 2019


A peel of bluebells
Rings in the season
Scent that holds ransom reason.

A constant battle
Of cacophony and song.
Joy can resurface.

Soundscape of meaning:
Kandinsky colours
Bring Joy from darkness.

Heart of the waves: beat.
Wingspan rends heaven and earth
Seabird lives, loves on.

Pickled fruitfulness
Tick tick ticks the heart.
Love’s longing lives here.

Wassily Kandinsky: The Bird

Ode to Joy (not a Haiku!)

Joy is a kitten playing with string.
Joy is a baby as it laughs on a swing.
Joy is a jig, a highland fling.
Joy is the feeling I get when I sing.
Joy is the gift that my children bring.
Joy: the emotion without any sting.