roadside windhover,
head motionless, while body
rides the wind and rain.

oblivious to traffic,
senses alert and focused.

sitting, observing:
silent on a chimney pot,
crow watches the world.

on bus stop windows,
infinite variety.
ice crystal lichen,

Tettenhall rock trees,
branches against foggy sky.
ink on wet paper.

low late winter sun,
suburban El Dorado,
golden light on glass.

double jeopardy:
dog shit frozen on pavement,
slipping on skid marks.

cup of soft-spun silk
suspended from garden hedge.
mist and spider webs,

all troubles melting away -
the perfection of nature.

suspended in time,
falling leaf caught on cobweb:
autumn is on hold.

fence after the rain,
steaming in the morning sun.
spirit of autumn.

ragged green rosettes
decorating the branches.
hawthorn: first in show.

emerging from mist,
ignored by the traffic queue,
a buzzard flaps by.

red branches, green tips.
spring breaks through winter's cocoon,
blossom studded trees.

a football pitch flock,
pulling worms out of stud marks:
foraging redwings.

explosion of noise!
circling the nested trees
splay-fingered rooks fly.

start of a new year,
fresh hopes and expectations.
blank sheet, fresh snowfall.