Nature – duncancleary

David

Flu delirium –
Letter to Attenborough ~
That I’ll never send.

One hour from the strip –
More meaning in one crossbed ~
The Valley of Fire.

Long Berberis thorn –
From a cut branch ~ goes in deep –
Revenge of the hedge.

Once, we were hunting –
Two taken down ~ second lost –
Lost in the bracken.

It was down, deserved honour –
Boy, driven mad seeking it.

The frost on the car –
Preserved by photo ~ patterns –
First bird’s plumes to mind.

Always, with Death, sure –
Renewal ~ from the same source –
Red Amaryllis.

Buds sprout from the branch –
Flowers for friends not here yet ~
Orchid and the Bee.

Sharks are born swimming –
So the womb is dangerous ~
How hard Nature is.