open windows -
a siren divides the night

Deadly Nightshade

in the hard glare
of the sun -
Deadly Nightshade

Photo Deadly Nightshade by lovepics11

restless humid night
in the sunken garden
a sun dial

no relief -
the office fans turn
dry sterile air

Summer Kingston Market

this early
market morning
filled with light
and fountain spray


Photograph by Paul Easton

Vapour Trail

high above
a white and silent line -
draws across the sky


Photo Vapour Trail by ILMV

the fresh wind chases
hot stagnant air
through deserted corridors

today the restless air
disturbs the trees -
ripples of distant storms

the pond retreats
sculptured by hooves
dries to a crust of mud


Photo Dry Duck Pond by DoubleGrande

an idea from The Fire Sermon by T S Eliot

the summer
river at Richmond -
discarded
beer bottles paper plates
cigarette ends....


an idea from The Waste Land by T S Eliot

summer rain -
sudden sunlight
feeds a forest of ferns

Empty Classroom

June classroom
scattered chairs, empty desks
already forgotten


Photo A Place to Sleep by Hermin

Exam Hall

no revelation
in the hard shaft of light
that falls into
the darkened exam hall
where they sit writing


Exam Hall by non-partizan

http://www.flickr.com/photos/non-partizan/2806197476/

busy flies
at the closed windows -
a rattling restless knot

Twilight Woods

darkening woods
thickens in the undergrowth
dissolves to black




Photo A Way Through the Woods

midday sun -
island shadows retreat
into dark trees

peony -
marble of pink
explodes

Nightingale Bluebell wood

all night her call
echoes through the bluebell woods -
nightingale



Photo Bluebell Woods by clumsy and uncoordinated

http://www.flickr.com/photos/38327179@N07/3525125173/

Light on the Water

spring river
a thousand wings of light
flickering

Photo Light on the Water by spodzone

http://www.flickr.com/photos/spodzone/471616984/

Songs of Spring - The Isabella Plantation

songs of spring -
redstart and white throat
redpoll and
bullfinch, wood pecker,
sparrow hawk and pintail

The Still Pond Azaleas

this dawn morning
Azaleas spill
into the still pond


Photo Richmond Park by paulafunnell

http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulafunnell/2695050677/

Richmond Park Azaleas

late May
radiant
Azaleas


Photo Richmond Park Azaleas by sibsson

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sbisson/2479454566/

layers of grey
concrete and cloud
swallow me

Heather

sprays of heather
white waves
of clotted frost

Heather

beaded heather
flowers white and purple,
a thick tapestry

Photo Isabella Plantation by KitL Kat

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kitlogan/2413370783/

this evening light
the kind, mild, smile
of the sun

after the rain -
slugs suckling in
musty darkness

On the way to Glasgow

under the great grey
weight of cloud
a ferocious green

Photo On the way to Glasgow by Angelrays

http://www.flickr.com/photos/angelrays/890739268/in/set-72157594346353713/

she buried
her wedding ring
before she left -
under the flowering
wisteria

Wisteria

flowering wisteria -
woven
into the warm sunlit wall

Photo Wisteria by Nick Atkins

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickatkins/468191744/

Wisteria

Oxford quad
woven into the walls
wisteria

Warm Tulips

chill spring evening
we warm ourselves
over red tulips

Tulips

red tulips, open mouthed
if you listen carefully
you can hear them sing

Tulips

red tulips, today
their mouths open wide
singing ‘alleluia’

April Richmond Park

ancient oaks
infant leaves
fathomless blue

Tulips

red tulips, church yard
their cupped petals closed together -
palms in fervent prayer

Photo One of our Backyard Tulips by hz56n

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hz536n/3385271871/

April Wedding

wedding party in the rain
her bare shoulders
his protecting arm
embraces rain drops and blossoms
Champagne and confetti

Gorse

on the dunes
flowering Gorse bushes
its petals
cold and yellow tongues
on a pike of thorns

Gorse

Gorse
cold yellow flames
smothered in a bed of thorns


Gorse –
sharp dark needles
pierce the air


Photo Gorse by JeanM1

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeanm1/3150337277/

April Light

...

from puddles
blinding splinters
of the sun

...

Photo Sun Reflection

by kumquatgirl

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kumquatgirl/4813799/

Three Spring Haikus

...

outside the church
strewn with blossom
confetti


...



a glut of blossom
carried on the chill wind
into the gutters

...




this early April
northern light
so strong and clear


Photo Cherry Blossom in the Gutter by iheartpanda

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Cherry+Blossom+in+the+Gutter&l=3

Night Blossom 2

the plum tree
haloed in moonlight
and blossom

Night Blossom 1

white blossom
in moonlight -
a shroud for the tree

Photo CherryBlossomFracturedMoon by Mark Strozier

http://www.flickr.com/photos/r80o/437682711/in/photostream/

Spring Sunrise

sunrise catches
the tips of trees and roof tops,
a kindling light

Dawn Leaves Lichen

dawn light
a dusting of leaves and lichen -
a radiant green

Spring Equinox

dead tree

a Woodpecker knocking

at the door



Photo Green Woodpecker by Julia_at_flickr's

http://www.flickr.com/photos/julia_at_flickr/2406618894/

Magnolia Spring

the cradled flames

of magnolia blossoms

sets the trees ablaze



Photo Spring in Kew by BerylM

http://www.flickr.com/photos/berylm/424714756/

Magnolia buds

Magnolia buds

cupped in green palms -

sheltered flames




Photo Magnolia Blossoms by jpmatth

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpmatth/2423927375/in/set-72157600135669434/

A New Leaf

on the dark branches

feathered leaves

unfold into blue




Photo A New Leaf by canonsnapper

http://www.flickr.com/photos/canonsnapper/2468122203/

Camellia Spring

suddenly
camellia blossom,
a light in the shadows

Photo Camellia Spring 2 by autan

http://www.flickr.com/photos/autanex/2336947957/