January 2021 – duncancleary

#31/365

A month of short verse –

Marking each day as it comes ~

Dry January.

#30/365

IKEA kitchen –

Slowly install it myself ~

Humming old Norse songs.

#29/365

Church bells ring for six –

Birds crankily settle down ~

Rain falling, softly.

#28/365

New hyacinth blooms –

Filling the room with their scent ~

Ignoring the rain.

#27/365

Pruning a bonsai –

It’s with me for safekeeping ~

Promises honoured.

#26/365

Missing spectacles –

Turn up weeks later, mangled ~

With kitty teeth marks…

#25/365

Bright frosty morning –

Halve an apple for blackbird ~

Precise little pecks.

#24/365

Wearing a face mask –

My glasses are steaming up ~

Beware the lampposts!

#23/365

At Killiney Beach –

Perfect for a lockdown walk ~

Too many think so.

#22/365

Bipinnate, glaucous –

The Acacia’s new growth ~

Asking to be touched.

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