Dutchman's pipe trumpet vine
Virgin bower shrubs so divine
Beauty bush bright blue bean
climbers high to set the scene
Bamboo broom laurel bay
Lavender scent lasts all day
Bush clover russian sage
Azalea taking centre stage.
Elder myrtle bittersweet
perfumes the hazy heat
Privet peony prickly heath
Ivy holly for a seasonal wreath
Jasmine & jews mallow
by a trickling stream so shallow
Sea buckthorn to screen
Ceanothus high shaded green
Categories:
buckthorn, summer,
Form: Rhyme
Dutchman's pipe,trumpet vine
Virgin bower,shrubs divine;
Beauty bush,bright blue bean,
Climbers high to set the scene.
Bamboo,broom,laurel bay,
Lavender scent lasts all day;
Bush clover,russian sage,
Azalea taking centre stage.
Elder,myrtle,bittersweet,
Perfumes the hazy heat;
Privet,peony,prickly heath,
Ivy,holly in seasonal wreath.
Jasmine & jews mallow,
By a trickling stream, so shallow;
Sea buckthorn to screen
Ceanothus high ,shaded green.
Categories:
buckthorn, flower, summer,
Form: List
SUMMER DAYS
Watch a swallow swoop
and pass above an old meadow,
lush with grass. Speckled starlings
sing with delight over flying ants
in nuptial flight. Buckthorn in a dense
hedge screen. Ceanothus ,shaded green
Jasmine,Honeysuckle,Bittersweet
scents to mingle in summer heat
Clouds of teasels spiral tall
'midst dancing grasses against a wall
wandering wasps picnicing un-checked
onto perfumed petals,paperwhite
first intoxicate,then delight,
high above Cauliflower clouds,nimbus
topped weep a shower of warm tear-drops.
PASTURES GONE
buttercup yellow
kissing cowslips
dandelion,poppy and daisy,
corn marigold
cow parsley and clover,
a willow that weeps
and meadow-sweet,
deep in a forgotten pasture.
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Categories:
buckthorn, nostalgia, seasons, summer,
Form: Verse
sea buckthorn in a dense hedge screen
between ceanothus shade green
by a trickling stream so shallow
willows shadow flowering mallow
stone-bridged hamlets nestle in the dales
ancient walled fields along their vales
Categories:
buckthorn, places
Form: Crystalline
Dutchman's pipe,trumpet vine
Virgin bower,shrubs divine;
Beauty bush,bright blue bean,
Climbers high to set the scene.
Bamboo,broom,laurel bay,
Lavender scent lasts all day;
Bush clover,russian sage,
Azalea taking centre stage.
Elder,myrtle,bittersweet,
Perfumes the hazy heat;
Privet,peony,prickly heath,
Ivy,holly in seasonal wreath.
Jasmine & jews mallow,
By a trickling stream, so shallow;
Sea buckthorn to screen
Ceanothus high ,shaded green.
Categories:
buckthorn, nature,
Form: Rhyme