chilly morning –
geese in formation
over the Dart line
evening thunderstorm
housemartins nesting
in our balcony
depth of winter –
a train’s headlights glowing
in the half-light
Debutante flowers,
red and white skirts hitched up,
waiting for a bee
Turbains d’Aladdin
promise treasure when you rub –
all that you can eat
Summer flowers die –
distilled into a droplet,
aphrodisiac
Raindrop on a wing –
a plant, denied full measure,
blossoms anyway
(First published: The Select Six website, 2007)
© Patrick Chapman, 2006, 2007
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