The guitar breathes songs
of joy, love, pain, life. I smile
and drop a pound coin.

Last week's yellow manes
shine silver: dandelions
age quickly, with grace.

Perfuming damp air,
lilacs feign indifference
to April showers.

Goose, gander and six
goslings stare warily at
human observers.

Dandelions form
constellations of yellow
springtime abandon.

Elderflower buds,
clenched tightly shut, threaten a
mutiny of joy.

Bold sunlight reveals
coral pink horse chestnut spikes
piercing sky's clear sea.