Camellias

Winter brings weak
Morning light late
Afternoons dark
Frost-shivered limbs

First sign of warmth
(Rain on the west wind)
Foliage thickens
Leaf litter laps the fence

Sticky buds unfold
Super-slow-motion
Burst of pink
Petals un-scroll

Sudden brightness soon
Burnt by memories
Casting shadows
Across our lawn

Spectacular displayed
Vibrancy lasting
No longer
Than winter's sun

~

n.b. NaPoWriMo 2023. Day 25 prompt. Love poem with flower, parenthesis and odd line breaks.

CLP 25/04/2023

on time

afternoon walkers
enjoy last warmth of the day
life's ageless pleasure

~

CLP 23/03/2023

on sun

bright break in snow storm
chaffinches exchange songlines
lone owl's mournful call

~

n.b. Cowm Reservoir, Lancashire served up all weathers with a suite of birdsong.

CLP 14/03/2023

on light

who's there! friend or foe?
beauty beyond horizon
reflected glory

~

CLP 09/02/2023

on light

heating or eating
becomes less problematic
all welcome the Sun!

~

n.b. Today, warmth…when out of the shade and sheltered from the bitter wind. Progress of sorts.

CLP 27/01/2023

on light

waking at daybreak
Sun no longer lags the clock
synchronisation

~

n.b. Well, it’s nearly light at a sensible hour now…

CLP 26/01/2023

on time

walk with me on frost
Sun's glow bedazzles blue eyes
shadows swallow us

~

n.b. What contrasts our low winter sun brings!

CLP 23/01/2023

on light

snow-cold breathes of wind
carry the echoes of cranes
setting ice-white sun

~

CLP 18/01/2023

on light

despite gloom and doom
Madame Soleil still with us
drawing us onward

~

CLP 06/01/2023

on light

secondhand daylight
sent via lunar surface
dusted in silver

~

n.b. Long exposure rather exaggerates the scene, but you get the ideaz

CLP 05/01/2023