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Tuesday 28 February 2012


set in an azure sky...
a first quarter moon
the colour of pearl

Saturday 25 February 2012


low hum of traffic...
a woodpigeon coos
out of tune     

Thursday 23 February 2012


setting sun...
along the lush green bank
a dusting of poppies

Tuesday 21 February 2012


bench in the square...
on opening his sandwiches
a blackbird appears

Thursday 16 February 2012


approaching home...
suddenly a blackbird
bursts from the hedge

Saturday 11 February 2012


almost twilight...
the setting sun
cuts a roof in half

Friday 10 February 2012


almost midnight...
a sneeze echoes
through the flats

Wednesday 8 February 2012

sunny day...
a leaf rolls across
the last of the snow 

Tuesday 7 February 2012


the thaw’s underway...
a mix of footprints remain
on islands of snow    

Sunday 5 February 2012


first snow—in the dark yard
a blue football
sporting a cap of grey-white         

Friday 3 February 2012


slowly sinking behind
the peaks made of clouds
a huge setting sun

Wednesday 1 February 2012


the river at dawn—
chugging through white fog
several boats