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/

March Light

by mid day the sun
has cracked open the grey mantle of cloud
and floods our suburban chambers
with a hard molten light
disturbing our slumbering darkness

Pink Hyacinth

pink hyacinth, all frills
the scent, a sharp and stinging knot
at the back of the throat

Photo Pink Hyacinth by Paul C. Hankamer

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nhankamer/3295369810/

Grey Sky

still no break
in the grey leaden tent of cloud
pegged to the horizon

Photograph Grey Sky by yuankuei
http://www.flickr.com/photos/please/5756350/in/photostream/

Crocuses

suddenly
a bed of crocuses
purple, like a bruise


Photo crocus on black by Swiv

http://www.flickr.com/photos/swiv/421250906/

Dehydration

“There is not even silence in the mountains
But dry sterile thunder without rain…”

T S Eliot

Unexpectedly
a pressure in my head
that grows to a dull prolonged thud
that settles over my eyes
into a strong persistent drone.

Sometimes I’d wake suddenly
in the middle of the night
uncomfortably hot,
a gnawing anxiety
lying heavy on my stomach.
And the unread books
on our shelves accusing me.

I used to forget about water.

And sometimes now
I forget about silence.
My parched mind
in a desert of noise,
and crowded faces looming
out of the anvil glare of the sun.

Sometimes I yearn for disconnection.




© David Loffman

16 February 2009

Snow Melting

All across the Old Deer Park
in the grey dawn light
the scattered remains of snowmen
loom out of the frozen mist
like the ancient ruins
of a Megalithic temple.

Photograph Snow Melting by Michele Morgan

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonclouds/3255524246/

Still snowing

through the night suburbs
we slept on a pillow of snow
that fell soft and delicate, down

Photo Still snowing by Goth Phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/phil_p/3245948000
/in/photostream/

Lichen on bare branches

in dawn light

the lichens shine

from bare branches

Photo: trees in forest by simonsterg

At Rhos Goch Chapel

on the black mountain
outside the windswept chapel
the soft sound of sleet
and gravel falling
on the wooden lid

Fruit and Spices

cinnamon and cloves

hot and sweet oranges

still the smell lingers

Photo Mulled Wine by jsarcadia

Epiphany

Where have you come from?

How have you travelled?

And what gifts can you bring?

Photo coldpath by simonsterg

Winter tree

the thick veins of winter trees
black and knotted
crack the sky to pieces

Photo by Afraid of Ducks'

Winter Sun

Today the sun
is made of water
it rises faint and cold

Photo Foggy winter sunrise by sundornvic

Winter Sunlight

a pale sun rises
through winter's stained glass windows
into the vaulted sky


Photo dawn... by EnKay Tee

Black Lines

the lines of black bare branches,
scribbled across a grey
tent of cloud

Photo soul rising by Justin Gaurav Murgai

Bronzed Leaf Moonlight

bronzed leaf
swings on a still tree
silent chimes

Photo The Last Leaf by mholt

Bare Trees

today the horizons retreat into vague grey branches

Photo bare trees by anOnymOusmuse