Breathe ~ Relax ~ Drink Black Tea Often
The new path taken
Old branch of the beaten track
to my coffee shop
A rustling green shade
of thickening leaf cover
Doonas for fences
Candlewax melting
reminds me of my father
The scent of farewell
The end of its bloom
The sunflower folds its tent
Rebirth in retreat
A white cat waiting
for new adventures to start
An obvious choice
Barmbrack* Saturday
when every slice is watched
Impatient desire
(*Barmbrack is an Irish fruit bread)
A house on its way
to reform its views on life
doffs its roof goodbye
Sun, wind, cloud and rain
form their cast of characters
Autumn leaf shuffle
Unnatural shapes
are attempting regression
Sun and rain help out
Empty football field
lapping up its daily dose
A greening shower
Sunflower growing
with no other interest
than to reach the sky
In the heat of play
and its joyful afterglow
supports forgotten
Bunched against the cold
Leafy scarves around their necks
Seeds winter-ready
The oldest garage
and its history of oil
Curating the floor
Lively garden growth
stepping up by leaf and stem
No hurry small friends
A single raindrop
poised to defy gravity
A second’s success
The garden sends mail
in the traditional way
Letterbox greenhouse
Reframing a life
may need several windows
Then satisfaction
Ant on a mission
carries its weight and then some
Gravity’s a joke
Number one postbox
welcomes all things round and square
Even impostors
The juicy fruit gang
meets here every autumn
Winter comes with jam
Beans hanging around
await their flourishing burst
of fertility
The moon follows me
on my morning walking round
Lunar comfort warms
The sky padding up
as though for a day’s battle
Clouds of peacefulness
The best position
isn’t always obvious
Bridgeway people-jam
An empty creek bed
awaiting autumn sprinkles
Long lost summer storms
A basking dragon
warming herself through and through
before she scuttles
Speeding creek water
carries leafy travellers
to mystery ports
Reflected garden
enjoys its rippling breezes
in airless comfort
Parrot set in stone
contemplates its flighty mates
from the safest branch
The bonsai garden
displays miniature beauties
Some dream of escape