Sunday, 17 January 2021

The Last Week-End?

The world stands poised for change we know,

Pristine mounds of melting snow

Thaw underfoot as out we go

With well-shod feet;

It’s as if Nature blanks the past

Biden waits his chance at last

The old regime, soon to be cast

Out in the street…

 

Winter’s blanket starts to fray

The frosty filigree gives way

To mirrored mud pools tinged with grey;

The cold dawn cracks!

Pigeons, on woodland rim, swoop low

In fragile sunlight they all know

Life is awakening below

They must make tracks …

 

Still in our closed world we abide

No let-up on this long, long ride

Which has our patience sorely tried

For quite a while;

In spring when leaves dress every tree

And birds and bees rejoice, will we

Be vaccinated and mask-free?

 Doubt clouds my smile …


(c) Poet in the woods 2021




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