The Garden 2.0

There are many gardens, but mine is my own! (Poem: 9.5.20) The red rose charms,While colourless blendsOf spectral existentialDread spreads,Aimlessly, an affrontTo the very natureThat it reflectsIn a helix podOf chaotic ennui. Seen anew,A flawless seed disarmsThe very fabric of time,Unassailing in itsIrreverence and blitheDismissal of realityThat crops up,Unexpectedly,From the farm in mind. The fruitsContinue reading “The Garden 2.0”

Address to the Bumblebee

Poem: 10.6.21 I bring to mind a strange delight,To dream, at once with you to soarOn golden beams of sunlit flight! For as we watch you, drifting, left to right,Sitting, laughing, as we see you boreFace-first unto a flower’s delights, You seem content, no cares in sight,Pollen, nectar, all-you-can-eat galore,Till away you amble on beams ofContinue reading “Address to the Bumblebee”

Summer’s Song

In memoriam of early Summer walks – (Poem: June 2021) A sweeter Sunday never could be found,Than in the place where sun-light meets the sea,And waters flow and grasses grow unbound,Midst gentle waves that wash our troubles free. Whence, though it blazed with basking brilliant light,We strolled among the flowers, wild, in bloom,The blossom glancesContinue reading “Summer’s Song”

Starting Anew

(Poem: 26.4.21) Shapeless rumbling low and keen,A hum of white noiseAgainst the blue backgroundOf a careless enlightenment. Staring round at daisies,Dandelions.Budding awareness on the brink of new beginnings,A lasting light that breaks theBarriers,Of mind,BodyNature. Old as time, routineas the lights that stop and start the flow,Unseen programming that belies…What?Faith?Truth? Perhaps the knowledge of a betterContinue reading “Starting Anew”