mid-afternoon—

a low sun jiggles

on the window pane

sky veined with orange—

on the clipped hedge

a layer of fallen leaves

                       (Trafalgar Square, London - October 2012)

                                busy city centre—

                     such a radiant smile
                     from a passing stranger

                 under overhanging trees

                      the stillness of a duck

                 on the park’s lake

                          seasons change—

                          yet throughout

                          the river flows

from the moving train...

flashes of wine red

all along the green bank

                      weather on the turn—

leaves on the lawn

                      a myriad of colours

      at the lakeside’s edge...

every other bush

glows crimson red

sunken garden—

on a red berried twig

a frayed spider’s web

a child again...

popping balsam seed pods

by the riverside

                                    open-air café—

                        a mix of birds bustle 

                        over a few crumbs

in a blue sky

strewn with white clouds...

pale silver moon

stiff breeze—from

the landing prickly case

a conker explodes