Swanning around
The Swan swam
Peaceful and proud
Sheltered from the wind
On a cold lake.
Swan
Tag: Poetry
Willow pattern
A bad, fuzzy close up
Of a painting I did
A willow pattern plate
That Spode pottery made
Based on patterns
That came from the east
So many variations
That you find all around.
Blue and white pottery
Glazed and painted
By skilled, creative artists
Paid by piecework,
(the number they did) .
Stoke on Trent city
A fading of clay,
But once so many people
Gave their art to the day.
Amaryllis flowers
Pale ink and white
Flowers exploded like a rocket
Amaryllis is a firework
Of a plant…
Water it well
And stand back!
From a tiny tip
Of a leaf
Two weeks ago,
This grew and bloomed
Water is the key
Pour it on
And the plant expands.
But once grown
Reduce, reduce
Too much water
Can rot the roots…
Alliteration
Bull balancing
Sheep stirring
Python platting
Cat chatting
Axalotle algorithm
Giraffe glancing
Bat battling
Whippet whittling
Chicken chucking
Mole mobilisations
Shellfish shelling
Crustacean chilling
Dugong debating
Man miscellaneous
Seagull sailing
Eagle ending.
The world turns
It spins
It turns
It twists
It whirls
So fast
If you look up
The heavens
Shine above.
A day
A night
The moon
So bright
Over the world.
Happy New Year
Happy New Year
Have a good time
This year’s end
getting so near.
I wish you good luck
No worries or fear
For you and your family
And those you hold dear.
Peace on earth
Goodwill to all people
A cleaner world
And good health
Make you cheerful.
Old willow
Hanging willow
Dragging your leaves
Down into the water.
A fringe of twigs
Shimmer and shake
Reflected in the waters
Sheltering the birds
Lake land tree
Hiding them from predators…
Giving them a home….
Cat sat
Cat sat….
On the mat,
In the tree,
On the ground,
By a bush,
Under a leaf,
By a chair,
On the table,
In the washing machine??
On my lap, purr….
On my laptop!
On a silk blouse,
In the car?!
In a box,
In the shed,
Cat sits wherever it wants!
Building up pattern
Layers and layers
Iteration after iteration.
An every day object
Transformation
Into patterns
Light and confusion
Twisted and tumbled
A muddled reunion!
Has Santa been yet?
Dawn is a coming
The sleigh is halfway
On its route around
The world.
Up and down continents
North and South
From East to west
He flies.
Pulled by reindeer
Under radar
Over phone lines.
Past startled cats.
Waking birds too
For an early
Dawn chorus.
Santa’s sleigh
Is on its way!
