Blackthorn Poems

Blight

...Blight,  

Growing,  

Toxic seeds  

Festering deep  

Within cracking souls,  

Shaded beneath blackthorn,  

Watered by innocent's tears,  

Blooming like demonic cancer,...

Orphan

...You chance upon her
in the far reaches of the backyard
a place you never go
and there she trembles  a tiny tiger in a blurred world 
secreted in shadows below blackthorn shrubs 

faint mews dra...

Blackthorn

...Now I see it black,
black with a tinge of plum
hinting at sloe fruit
to come.

Soon it will be white,
white blossom dazzling
from roadside and woods
telling us of spring.

It offers hope,
...

Warbler

...South of Sahara the winter arrives
Bouquet of warblers has already left
Flying to warmer climes where they will thrive
Focused on summer winter not bereft.

Small Willow Warblers sing de...

Spring Tanka

...Spring Tanka


      the scented blackthorn
      bursting into sudden bloom -
      new life emerges
      and the slowly warming earth
      nourishes temperate spring


      For the Spr...

Devotion

...seed time and blackthorn hedges dusted off winter 

hibernation lost its sleepy crown and laid to rest

inward turn of events that simmered in the cold

as daffodils shed their woolen hats and ...

The Levels

...The Levels

The reeds, like tattered banners limply hung
From slender, ghost-like lances held on high,
Like ancient armies, waiting in the mist
To heed the call, a long lost battle cry.
A steel...

When Harry Came Home Ii

...The stars, they were shinin' when Harry came home;
And the moon, it was big and bright.
He quietly promised no more to roam,
So, we danced in the firelight!

When Harry came home, the people wer...

04-22-18 - a Haiku Anthology

...mallards... a pair
koi carp can't compete... duck feet
strang orange shapes
~
sunshine... summertime
fickle spring... climate changing
muted cuckoos
~
Jenny wren... begging
let summe...

Song-Bird

...a cage made of silver coloured wires
a metal weave and knots
that together have made a bell

the shape so like has no hammer
but a tiny door closed with
a piece of blackthorn

inside a slim b...

Last Journey, the Geat War

...Beating drums mark his last march and fifes play lowly, a breeze blows on blackthorn blossoms,
Raised high above on hardened shoulders for the mourning march, that slowly glides him along,
A hero, ...

Tis Better To Be Abused Than To Know'T a Little

...For years and months I was a preecher.
And your paleness was nothing but a helpless virtue to my speech in whole.

And with regular meetings of sliding glanses and peers up awake,
Had the superio...

Sloe Gin

...Feb-ru-ary –
Snow-white blossom,
Winter hedgerow shining.

Now September –
Hedgerow harvest:
Sloe-black, slow, black,
Black fruit with purple bloom.

Sloe gin, slow, gin,
Let the alchemy be...

Spring Hope

...And now the weeping willow turns to green.
So brilliant red, the robin’s breast,
Just like the sun, now sinking in the West,
And down the lane more signs of spring are seen :

The spiky blacktho...

The Last Journey

...Beating drums mark his last march and fifes play lowly, a breeze blows on blackthorn blossoms,
Raised high above on hardened shoulders for the mourning march, that slowly glides him along,
A hero, a ...

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