Journey of Words

Tag: Nature

  • Barn Owl

    from a veil of liquified aira night hunter formstracing the vein of the marsha flake of fallen moontumbling across the reedsbent by the North-East windseeks prey driven up by floodits silent scouringspreading silver shiversthrough night-cowed fowlwho sit in trepidationon black mirror poolsmuttering their muffled complaintshelpless until the dawn ~ n.b. NaPoWriMo 2023, Day 2 prompt →

  • on colour

    electric blue flashkingfisher’s iridescencesparkle in your eye ~ n.b. Blue, blue. Electric blue. That’s the colour of my room, where I will stay, (sang David Bowie). CLP 31/03/2023 →

  • on colour

    grey grey grey grey greygrey grey grey grey grey grey greywhite blackthorn blossom ~ n.b. Thank goodness for the flowers on a day like this! CLP 29/03/2023 →

  • on rain

    caught on fresh budsjewels refract glint of lightsupplicant flowers ~ n.b. In England, as Spain, rain is becoming a rare commodity. A joy to feel it fall, fresh on skin. CLP 28/03/2023 →

  • on light

    breakers of blossomcrash over grey slate rooftopsrising tide of spring ~ CLP 25/03/2023 →

  • on time

    air soft as petalswhite, yellow, pink, now redfloral procession ~ n.b. Carpets of snow drops, followed by primroses, above us cherry blossom, now quince in this hedge; bluebells shimmering in woodland next. CLP 25/03/2023 →

  • on time

    caught in a momentshaking out dust from feathersrarified beauty ~ CLP 22/03/2023 →

  • on time

    clarity of airpetals open in song-filled treeslight conquers darkness ~ n.b. Northern Spring Equinox arrives! CLP 21/03/2023 →

  • on time

    waters find levelmargins delineatedsaturation point ~ n.b. Eventually we reach our limits, full to bursting point. CLP 18/03/2023 →

  • on time

    delight at chorusspring equinox approachesblackbirds herald dawn ~ CLP 17/03/2023 →