A CRYSTALLINE COLLAGE
A.COUPLETS
IN SIGHT'S EYE
Ideas with nowhere to hide
An eureka moment inside
Indistinct ,then becoming clear
Words & pictures coming near-
A passage of light to my soul,
Inspiration to make me whole.
LOVE'S STORY
Can a letter break a heart
Like the look as lovers part
Can a smile from two twinkling eyes
Bring forth laughter, from sighs
Can a hug then melt the ice
Does true love always feel this nice
Can romance begun with a kiss
Conclude in a lifetime of bliss
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B.CRYSTALLINE#1
Chill breath of fall seared scarlet red
Tears well within for comrades ,long dead.
#2
Sunrise ripples across the lake,
memories surface as I awake.
#3
My fingers reach to touch the sky
where swallows circle,then southwards fly.
#4 ENGAGEMENT
Love flowers as commitment ties,
as mere flirtation flies,then dies.
#5
Shrieks of seagulls die on the breeze;
Choldhood ebbs away on sunlit seas.
#6 Flowers of beauty within the heart
festoon th gestures we impart.
#7
One crysanthemum lay on his grave.
Thus did fortune favour the brave.
#8
Speaking volumes of words,unheard,
spring flowers,in which all senses merge.
#9
The requiem slowly brought a tear,
stripping each sense of its veneer.
#10
Shadows flicker across my eye;
blown on the wind,a brown butterfly.
#11 THE VOLUNTEER
Handshakes,kisses and fond farewell
with destiny's tears nothing could quell.
#12 ETIOLATE
Dahlia petals on the lawn,
dew-sodden,in the October dawn.
#13 AUTUMN
Michelmas daises,limp and old,
amidst fading leaves,now spotted gold.
#14
Across the meadow a country stile;
contemplative ,I sit awhile.
#15
Amid the eerie dayspring light
yesterday's memories glow so bright.
#16 THE BONDSMAN
The hands tick around,one by one;
tedium ends with the setting sun.
#17 SCRUMPING
Apples overhang the prchard wall,
sun-kissed drapes,now about to fall.
#18 ELEVEN,ELEVEN
Explosives whistled all around
where red petals now colour the ground.
#19 JOURNEYS OF THE HEART
On the trail of nows-broken vows
echo to a distant horizon.
#20 WHITE RAIN
Beautiful blossom,a welcome sight.
Nature's emblem,a Spring delight.
#21 HIGASAYAMA(High Mountain parasol)
Bright bonfire-coloured leaves all aglow
in Acer Palmtum's Autumn show.
#22 BEECHWOOD
The polished blade glides to-and-fro;
"Timber"echoes in the glade below.
#23 SCHOOLS OUT
Long,lazy holidays,dry and warm
interlaced by a summer storm.
#24 SHEPHERD's DELIGHT
Sunset peeping under a cloud,
cloaks the landscape in a scarlet shroud.
#25 MALNUTITION
Unheard their endless sounds and sighs;
peircing deep their questioning eyes.
#26 IMPASTO
Poignant passions on canvas splashed
with emotions displayed un-abashed.
#27 FORTIES CHILD
Inkwells in desks with lift-uplids.
Tables written out with old pen-nibs.
#28 ON THE WING
Hot summer days bring into view
A Red Admiral and Holly Blue.
#29
As November draws to its close
the hedgehogs snuggle in dormant pose.
#30
Clouds wine-dark in a vivid hue
drift on a sea of celestial blue.
#31 CANDLEMAS
Aconites gazing into the sun
'neath dangling catkins,finely spun.
#32
I watch a swallow swoop and pass
above an old meadow,lush with grass.
#33 SPRING
Awakened mammals desert their holes
rummaging midst the hazel boles.
#34 FORTIES SUMMER
Winding brooklets fill narrow streams
into rivers of my childhood dreams.
#35 FORTIES HARVEST
Stooked-up sheaves,midst close growing clover
in wind and rain,toppling over.
#36 D-DAY
Lives sacrificed for us,now free
lie quiet,as blossom from a tree.
#37 DECEMBER
Long twilight days in winter's shade
bring to-morrow's snowdrops in the glade.
#38 WEE SMALL HOURS
A whistling wind,a scatter of rain.
Sounds of night on my window pane.
#39 THE WAKE
Eyes fill with emotion or tears;
stories unravel of yesteryears.
#40 ADOLESCENT PASTIMES
Fishing for minnows ith jar and net,
oftimes slipping and getting wet.
#41 FORTIES CHRISTMAS
Around narrow streets,carl singing;
boxes rattling,lanterns swinging.
#42 POCKET MONEY DAY
Noses pressed flaton the window glass;
our pockets tinkling,full of brass.
#43 FORTIES PASTIMES
Exploring fields across the brook;
studying in nature's real-time book.
#44 CHILTERN LANDSCAPES
Beechwood,downlands and common heath
with earthy limestone inches beneath.
#45 FLOWERS OF THE FIELD
Daisy,buttercup,yellow cowslip
together mix in fellowship.
#46 GREEN LAND
Purple vetch and ribwort plantain
jostle lush clover in Enlish rain.
#47 HEDGEROW
Dogrose flowers in a briared sprawl
prickles as it meanders tall.
#48 THE RAMBLE
Follow the track with the scenic view
into the wood with its carpet blue.
#49 THE GLUT
Speckled starlings sing with delight
over flying ants in nuptial flight.
#50 THE RIDINGS
Stone bridged hamlets nestle in the Dales
with stone-walled fields along their vales.
#51
By a trickling stream so shallow
willows shadow a purple mallow.
#52 Sea Buckthorn in a dense hedge screen
between Ceanothus ,shaded green.
#53
Scents tomingle in summer heat
Jasmine,Honeysuckle,Bittersweet.
#54 ADAGIO
Sensations tingling up the spine
as heaving emotions re-align.
#55
Moth,butterfly we briefly see
conserved by us ,their steward-trustee.
#56
Clouds of teasels spiral so tall
'midst dancing grasses against a wall.
#57 NOSTALGIA
The stream where pooh-sticks once were raced
now flows into memory's embrace.
#58 DOWN AND OUT
Sounds of lonely ejected sighs
erupt from ruts in life's highways.
#59
Lilies waxing in summer light
A heady fragrance to fill the night.
#60
The perfumed petals,paperwhite
first intoxicate,then delight.
#61 THE CHASE
Over striding downs with grassy scrub
and onto the trees with clumps of shrub
#62 THE RAMBLE
Along shaded lanes with gates and stile
and wayside pubs to rest awhile.
#63 A NEW DAWN
Daybreak tinges the nigescent sky
Hope enlightens my mind's eye.
#64 HONEY MOON
Queen and drone in ceremony
wag and dance with alacrity.
#65 SUMMER BOARDERS
Meadow Brown,Peacock and Skipper
welcome pollen-dusted day-tripper.
#66 SUMMER RAIN
Cauliflower clouds,nimbus topped
weeping a shower of warm tear-drops.
#67 HIGH SUMMER
The Basil spreading six feet tall
by a freshwater spring trickling small
#68 ALFRESCO FOOD
Patios parasol be-decked
Wandering wasps pinicing un-checked.
#69 OVER THE COMMON
Between clumps of gorse in yellow garb
Along a path baked summer-hard
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