the yellowing leaves
an October robin sings
morning air grows cold
Autumn yellow
Category: poetry
Reinvigorate
Jumping spider down
yearns to reinvigorate
a rain drop reflects
Stock
stock grazing grassland
cow pats baking, sun blazing
dung beetle rolls ball
Synthesis
toxic milkweed leaf
a caterpillar feeding —
synthesis unfolds
Collide
cloud pulls the curtain
the bat and the mole collide –
moon and stars conspire
Style
style of the peacock
a child runs to feed beauty
a bunch of black grapes
Flinch
no flinch from rhino
oxpecker drops on its back
the guard has alighted.
Rein
a wild horse hungry
prickly pear cactus beyond –
the rein of winter
Gaza
Gaza in red ashes
Goliath merciless war
thunderstorm hailstones
Arbitrary
arbitrary bees
brushing pollen from crocus
delightful saffron
Elude
stick insects elude
the army of hungry frogs
camouflaging moon
Yearn
Clothes moths yearn for silk
eating from a favourite dress,
eggs about to hatch
Jovial
twitcher seeks dunnocks
ruffling hedges at moonrise
jovial: overhead
Shape
she admires herself
notices shape of the figure
smiles to herself
Abject
cool autumn evening
bald eagle seizes the smolt
abject, the osprey
Erratic
an erratic rock
defies the lashing rainfall,
ancient shards withstand
Pummel
two brown bears pummel
vying for powerful mate –
salmon slip upstream
Ladybird
spotted ladybird
swallows dewdrops, chews aphids
– August moon fading
Grumpy
breakfast, grumpy mood
after a night without sleep
August sun rising
I think
the quality of my feelings
determines the quality of my thinking
which determines the taste of my life
– I think?
From Bath to Cork with baby Grace 