May Queen

  May Queen 19th May 2016   Oat bran sprinkled on pebbles Quagmired thoughts sink in Of lost earthen ware & time   Sage starts blooming in the wind The bird house waits aground Blue-tits cling to wires & walls   Stray seeds in Alice blue Where ringdoves roam Spread gently behind the sleepers   … More May Queen

Amaryllis

Five years it took For the amaryllis To bloom again Hope sprang From patience You know My value She smiles In blush attire . By Andrea Connolly March 2016

Brigid, February 1st

  Brigid 1st of February 2016   Her wingspan shrouded in mystery The small tortoiseshell rubicund Ebony and golden forewings   Tangerine surged from chrysalis A ring of blue, her spell, her veil Little hands fold hollow reeds   The magical childhood craft Interwoven square with beams A Eurasian butterfly with four wings   She … More Brigid, February 1st

Meeting of the Years

  . The beginning and the end Meet at the expanse Mirror images in feather blue It ends and starts wool white Seafoam gusts toss souls Body and mind unite for once Connect in wishes of crimson Cotton yearning for oranges . 30th of December 2015/ 4th of January 2016 – ©by Andrea Connolly

Fragile

Fragile As old German china Embosomed ornamental bleached From years of neglect . Fragrant An offering open-faced Rhapsody in Blue Tinted purple reflection . Fleeting The moments of scent Sweet surrender Only polished wood persists . 10th of August 2015 ©by Andrea Connolly

Faces

Pink polka dots Speckled faces sunbathing, rolling eyes on The bay window . . . 25th of July 2015 ©By Andrea Connolly