Published: 14 May 2026

the perfection of spring

the moment before the rain
after the garden has been planted
when children play, the air riven
with silver laughter, let them be
soon it will rain

the moment before the rain
the garden alive, trembles
timid nascent shoots wait
to unfold; the smell of lilac
anticipation graces the air

the moment before the rain
still, conversations carry
past fences, twilight lasts and
lasts, laughing children have
joined the wild and escaped

the moment before the rain
children run away, shouting
“come back” only makes everyone
smile in resignation
no one sleeps tonight

before the rain
quiet waiting, birds
still, a pause, smell
indefinable,
exact, like no other

More Poetry:

Mom on deck

Call for Mom.
She’s needed on deck;
no one else will do.
Who could possibly replace her?
Santa Claus or God?

Epochs of taste

Paleocene had a light tawny appearance and a semi sweet palate.
Eocene was the name of donkey in a play by Sophocles that became an eponym for stink.

silver

some people say
black is the colour of chic

ode to D. H. Lawrence

this evening, my neighbour’s red brick chimney,
lit by the dying sun, glows brilliant carmine
against a pure black blue sky that penetrates my blood
and fills me with insensate ecstasy

the frequency of spring

the frequency of spring
tunes in on any radio, any
electro-static device including
the nerve network of all operating
bio-chemical self aware systems

First kite of Spring

Sun sets, luminescent promise, and you pose, appear
before spring flowers, before the end of snow, you climb

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Epochs of taste

Epochs of taste

Paleocene had a light tawny appearance and a semi sweet palate.
Eocene was the name of donkey in a play by Sophocles that became an eponym for stink.

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1 Comment

  1. Heather Kerslake

    a beutiful season to be sure
    Love you words xo

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