Swimming With the Ducks
...The sun blazed hot, no cloud for a respite.
Life was hopeless, wretched and desperate.
The grass a withered brown, and tree leaves sparse.
No shade for the living, summer a farce.
Rockeries wer...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
rockeries, nature,
Form: Couplet
Watering the Garden of Dreams
...taciturn springs rising
from within the quarry
of deep earth's wisdom
urging lyrical waters to transpose
while held like singing seas of living reveries
of history and infinity
misting to meld...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
rockeries, creation, dream, fate, garden,
Form: Free verse
Bamboo Shoots
...Bamboo shoots
I am at peace in a land of dreams.
The creatures of nightmare may scream,
But I am serene in my bamboo garden.
Waterfalls, wooden instruments, whistle their winding calls
And a...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
rockeries, dream, flower, garden, imagery,
Form: I do not know?
Spring Lady
...Pots of geraniums down the front steps
peeking from the windowsills
the hanging baskets on the front verandas
or the back porches,
Ravishing beds of fragrant shrubs
adorning the sidewalks,
Swat...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
rockeries, spring,
Form: Free verse
13, West Macott Road
...13, West Macott Road
My limbs are weak and body old,
Tired am I and withered are my bones,
The skin has wrinkled and is quickly peeling off,
The heart is lifeless and tears have dried,
My feet...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
rockeries, allusion, children, death, environment,
Form: Narrative
Kreta Natur, the Heart of Hersonnisos
...The heart of Hersonnisos, the Isle of Crete
In a place so full of allure
Up on a hill, in the midst of the sea
Lies the heavenly Kreta Natur
The beautiful gardens, the flowers and trees
Rockeries m...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
rockeries, beautiful, holiday, inspiration, international,
Form: Ballad