Three little poems inspired by nature

I have been enjoying lots of nature walks recently. My favourite kind, are the ones I take alone. I please myself, pausing, leaning in or squatting down to tune in to whatever catches my eye or ears at the time.

Here are three poems I have written this week inspired by things I’ve noticed and reflected upon.

Birds

Birds throw bright sound, jewels plucked from crowns

To anyone who’ll listen

Hiding their charms in hawthorn arms

Bewitching flower and thistle

They launch themselves, black rubber bands

Into grey cloud abyss

I lose myself within their swirls

Kite tails of fleeting kiss.

Gorse

I watched wild blaze of gorse applause

Congratulate the field

On every blade of grass it held

Each stage of life revealed

Some had fresh dew upon their form

Glass dimples on new infants

And some lay trampled on the ground

Waiting for sun to strengthen

Reeds

Wish I could bend, as do the reeds

Suckers for nature’s cause

Slaves to the wind they drink in change

As beige obliging straws

Breeze gathers pace, they arch with grace

To shoulder harshest weather

Perhaps the reason backs don’t break

Is that they curve together.

You can find more of my poems under ‘Poems’ at the top of my substack page :)