Glimpsing the flowers

Glimpsing the flowers you gave me - 

Below the shining branches of the apple tree -

Bright daisies on the lawn - 

The blossom still to fall - 

April 2024

Birdsong under the bright trees

Birdsong under the bright trees -

The scent of bluebells - 

Paths through sunlit greenery - 

Magnolia blossom -

 A glimpse of the Chapel on the hill -

Holding close the memory of this garden - 

To have it with me in the dark - 

Abbotsbury Sub Tropical Gardens 

April 2024

Squires

A shirt worth a pasha's ransom - 

Exquisite cuffs - 

Leaping fish in a dark blue sea -

Squires

Salisbury 

April 2024

The Museum Garden

I could see green hills from the museum garden -

Woods in new leaf -

Quiet fields under a gentle sky -

Each moment was precious -

My heart no longer ached -

I felt the love you sent me - 

You thinking of me in my dark hour -

Shaftesbury 

April 2024

Through the crossing

Suddenly I'm through the crossing -

Halfway between two worlds -

Watching myself become smoke - 

April 2024

Time tangled in my hair

I remember another birthday -

Los Tainos playing their sad guitars -

Below us, Chevrolets growling in Habana Vieja - 

My name spoken by the singers -

Time tangled in my hair -

April 2024

A world without a name

Next to the villa a world without a name - 

Father's becoming monsters - 

Screaming heard in the bright garden - 

A fur coat from Canada -

A briefcase filled with terrible numbers -

The Rex

Wareham 

April 2024