the enchantment of nature
a big bunch of flowers
the weekend is almost over
the lilies opened up today
they will last and
pinken life for another week
why is miss mouse happy
in her teapot house
because of the season
"But it has to be spring, and you have to be
in love — acutely, painfully, achingly in love —"
Dorianne Laux ( Smoke 2000 )
focus
on the chess moves
eyes on the chess pieces
yes i know he's cute
yes i know spring fever abounds
lads are courting
lambs are sporting
but you need to
focus
win this match
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“If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive.” ~ Eleonora Duse
a beautiful month in both hemispheres
growing up all my books were british
beatrix potter (jemima puddleduck and mrs tiggywinkle)
enid blyton (with girls called hilary and arabella)
jane eyre and keats
horses called dobbin
so inevitably
i left the springtime for autumn
it was wonderful for a while
until
i began to miss too many things
the blue
the beach
the ferries
the harbour
the vast space
lamingtons
so
i returned to the great southern land
in the springtime
october
the month of my birth
a while ago now
and stayed...forever
a still life
of mango watermelon
grapes and a vase of poppies
greets me at breakfast
the sight and smells
of spring
today
all my bright red mats
have dried in the warm breeze
dotted throughout the palms
on the balcony
today
the sail boats
glide like swans speeding
across the horizon
a pod of dolphins
puts on a display
showing off again
today
feels good
today
is not a day
to watch the news
today is a day of joy
remembering you
playing my lady hunsdon's puffe
all those years ago
listening to this
i will always be sixteen
it will always be saturday afternoon
in the music room
french doors open
on to a verandah
a gentle sea breeze blowing to
the distant thwack of tennis balls
from the court
on a summers day
at school
into a mirror for years
terrified of what
she might see
the other day
she approached a complete stranger
at the check out
excuse me...am i beautiful?
.no.... he said
