Clouds Over Strathmore
A fleet of lenticular clouds
Process across Strathmore
Alien spaceships
Pinkened by the evening sun
Their lights go out one by one
From My Kitchen
I marvel through the window
As freshly turned furrows
Smoke in the sun
The fence falls down minute by minute
I remember the Gean tree that felled it.
The Gean Tree
Blown down in the Big Wind
You blossomed yet for two more years
You brought Spring, you!
Two years was all you got
For a chainsaw to tick you off its list
A fleet of lenticular clouds
Process across Strathmore
Alien spaceships
Pinkened by the evening sun
Their lights go out one by one
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I drive to the west and enjoy.From My Kitchen
I marvel through the window
As freshly turned furrows
Smoke in the sun
The fence falls down minute by minute
I remember the Gean tree that felled it.
The Gean Tree
Blown down in the Big Wind
You blossomed yet for two more years
You brought Spring, you!
Two years was all you got
For a chainsaw to tick you off its list
Moons
ReplyDeleteThe first I gazed in wonder at her constancy
then bound to her constantly changing cycle
The second, her familiar face guides me
trusting the path she lights
The third is distant, her light dimming
Taking her leave
I must go down to the sea again, the lonely sea and the sky
ReplyDeleteI left my socks and vest there, I wonder if they're dry.
With thanks to W B Yeats and Spike Milligan. Two great Irishmen.