Flu delirium –
Letter to Attenborough ~
That I’ll never send.
Whiskers
After many years –
Mostly black untrusting cat ~
At last purrs for me.
Populations
Busy bumblebees –
Winter mahonia blooms ~
Eight billion lives.
Kind mentor passes –
As wise as the oldest hills ~
Still learning from him.
[For C. Barry Long, RIP]
An Algarve retreat –
Silence broken by dogs, saws ~
Then, by lovely owls.
44
Marking a birthday –
For someone no longer here ~
Aging in our minds.
Dublin Castle
Bayonet scrape marks –
Traces of young bored sentries ~
Local Girls distract.
Their Queen, many years later –
Speaking Irish, amongst friends.
Yellow ladybird –
That I cannot photograph ~
Exploring my ‘phone.
Methodical bee –
Visits each of the flowers ~
Even damaged ones.
Deliver training –
Meet colleagues for the first time ~
Better in person.
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