bright flowers drip honey
sun heat cools in the shade
time passes slowly

hissing rain
the cat beneath the raspberry canes
waiting for breakfast

pre-dawn
filters through the curtains
a fox, barking

cuckoo spit
on the lavender spikes
rain-battered poppies

pools of damp
on the night path
slug festivities

late cornflowers
from a packet of mixed seed
catnip

dawn chorus
a single crow
in the cherry tree

bonfire ashes
blown by chill winds
lupin spikes

steady rain
the pond becomes a tempest
drowned snail

sea pinks
bobbing in the breeze
a memory of salt

olympics  -
already on the flagpole:
snail

water iris
a counterpoint to fishes
pond fountain

bonfire smoke
from the allotments
wheelbarrow neighbour

rooftop crow
breaks the silence
cornflower bees

cloudy summer--

the old woman walks down

with drifting shadow

*****

summer afternoon--

spending time with the tree

after distant walk

*****

Pravat Kumar Padhy

sudden hail storm
batters the windows
midsummer daisies

wood pigeons
on chimney tops
drooling cat

sun
through the clouds  -
ox-eye daisy

slipper orchids
self seed across the garden
cornflowers

Bright drops of water
Hang on the shimmering leaves;
Breeze shakes rain from trees.

rain returns
cuckoo spit is washed away
lavender stalks