They always find a way, A way to make their presence felt. They push through They climb They clamber They hang They hover Like a mischievous child peering through the safety of parental legs At first shy and reticent… Until noticed… And then it’s all bravado Reaching, stretching, creeping Demanding attention. Amazingly, they know how […]
Under a Yoshino Cherry tree I sit in the park Waiting for the first sign of spring For a touch of pink to burst forth from a gnarled winter For a glimpse of Crabapple, Dogwood, Cherry and Magnolia perfection She arrives in a cloak of blossom buds Blinding me with her intensity… Her […]
Early spring in one of the most exciting cities in the world, sees a street parade like no other… It starts at Fifth Avenue and 47th Street… Near St Patrick’s Cathedral and heads up to 57th… The parade Better known as New York’s Easter Parade Has been an annual tradition since the 1880s […]
Stairs… A step to somewhere Leading me to another space Another place They beckon me to follow Up, up and up some more To a greater place A hollowed space Some stairs lead nowhere But I climb them nonetheless For they promise a journey Perhaps to paradise? Some stairs lead down And down and down […]
Three times we went back to the market and every time I saw something new The friendly fruit-seller had a sweet face and even sweeter fruit I fell in love with the scales – but alas they were too heavy to carry home… and they were not for sale! The corridors were so narrow single […]
Round, like a circle in a spiral Like a wheel within a wheel The music in my mind plays on Painting pictures that only I can see. It’s the drumming of my fingers. The rhythm in my ears. The movement in my head And the beat at the door to my soul My feet don’t […]
She pulls She pushes She splashes She teases She beckons She cajoles As she leaves trails of droplets and laughter She’s generous, And like a cat with a mouse She leaves behind her, Wet and bedraggled treasures She’s warm and inviting Never sleeps And always has the last laugh She cavorts joyously along the […]
Oh my goodness … I am thrilled … I have been nominated for my first award … …thanks to the peripatetic and deliciously funny Catherine McNamara of The Divorced Lady’s Companion to Italy Cat is an Aussie girl who has travelled widely and who now resides in Italy. She’s extremely funny and has a wicked […]