Thursday, 3 March 2022

A Puddle Soliloquy

I look in vain for buds on trees

In puddles rippled by cold breeze

But fragile twigs and branches stark

Remind us Spring has yet to start.

 

March begins; Wow! Bright blue skies

As Mother Nature rubs her eyes

Aghast at roadsides litter-filled

Fierce winds our plastic bins have spilled!

 

Trees have toppled in the gales

Men hard at work on parkland trails

Obstructions on the roads soon cleared

While birds build nests and young are reared...

 

Though in the wind my cheeks still burn

I rejoice that winter’s on the turn

As daffs now sprout by neighbour’s door

And fronds unwind on woodland floor…

 

Regardless of Man’s reckless pride

Nature takes all in her stride;

Rebirth, revival in the air

Despite the tread of the Brown Bear!


(c) Poet in the woods 2022




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