sparrows
crowd the buddleia
bluetits fly off

..his guests

he slides
the balcony door open...
lets in the stars
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..(C)2012 Spiros Zafiris
..mostly channeled; spirit Ram
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in the garden pond
frozen
the koi suspended

blackbird sends a song
through the bathroom window
front stoop crocuses

snow is sparkling bright –
my footprints only witness
this silent vastness


DianART: snow is sparkling bright

potted crocus
brighten the doorstep
white clouds

sunshine
through the curtain gap
a pigeon's song

bluetits wait for sparrows
to leave the bird table
starlings queue-jump

tears of joy
the happy snowflakes of old,
your eyes, are back
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..(C)2010/2012 Spiros Zafiris
.channeled; spirit Ram
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magpie
at the top of the tallest tree
plastic bag

by the roadside
I pass a still shape
outstretched pheasant

overnight rain
brings dreams of bumpy seas
blunt tulip torpedoes

rain patters
ripples on the lake
spread and join

wind spinner
scatters garden sunshine
blue tit

Payne's grey clouds
bring a re turn to the cold
the dog whines

Tonight

Venus and Jupiter

bright beads threaded on the

orbital plane

romancing the mist;
another fading winter
-purple crocuses

morning sun
gives the illusion of warmth
still, quiet air

From the white land
The roots of time shall grow
Naked trees in my
Frozen dream! Killed
By my own

crocuses springing

last dry leaves
stripped from the garden
snowdrops

pigeon
squeezed into the birdtable
sparrows chitter

magnolia buds
swollen, soft --
tiny dancers poised
for the first movement

London pigeons
eclipsed by bells and sirens
oratory performance

golden sunlight
edges bare willow branches
golden bark

swans
beak to beak
...valentine heart

shivering trees
a relentless wind
rubbish flies along

the trench
I shovelled --
a squirrel highway

snow is sparkling bright

snow is sparkling bright –

my footprints only witness

this silent vastness

a dog fox
trots along the midnight street
the neighbour's cat

distant hills
capped with crisp snow
teasels

sunshine
gilds the tops of trees
magpie wings

waning moon
slowly turns his
face away

cold, sharp air
fills his morning lungs
cigarette smoke

water is tasteless

water is tasteless,

almighty, full of caress -

 words in frozen dress…

blue tits
dart to the bird table
the cat is too slow

a full moon
painting the frost
coated streets

snow recedes
pigeons flock to rooftops
and chimneys

snow clings
in the fields and hedgerows
blackbirds chirp

through branches  -
the sun cutting
shadows out of the frost

..her scream

on the sidewalk
her scream chased snowflakes
from my hat
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..(C)2012 Spiros Zafiris
..channeled; spirit Ram
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hissing tyres
turn snow to muddy sludge
schoolchildren

sunlight
bouncing off snow
hungry sparrows

surviving naked
in this winter
branches  I salute you

frosted whites
a squirrel in the garden
chased by the dog

first snow

at last
the first snow falls
in the Lowlands

sunlight
dancing on morning frost
hungry sparrows

crescent moon rises

bright –like a bar of light through

 a crack in a door

in a last
ray of sunlight
sparrow warms himself

breath vapours
become baby clouds
curious blackbird

artic winds  -
robin
with his red scarf

orange sunshine
from a cloudless sky
seagulls inland