Summer Jewels
by Dave Hatton
Shimmering hot sunny days are but few this
year
When they do come, we all anticipate the
scene
Grassy meadows filled with flowers in a hazy
blur
Buzzing with insects in amongst acres of
green
Then comes along fluttering on the gentlest
breeze
Beautiful, graceful and delicate like a
flying jewel
Going from flower, to flower with such great
ease
Then flying away, oh so quickly on past the
pool
Peacocks, Comma and Brimstone are whirling
around
Tortoiseshell and Admirals all making their
last stand
The leaves, grasses and flowers are now well
browned
Closing down fast, the end of summer now at
hand
© Copyright Dave Hatton 2020
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It Got Away Again!
by Dave Hatton
Checking the bulb, packing all our gear into the car
Excitement fills our veins, we tremble with expectation
Closing in now, our favourite wood is not very far
Will tonight be the night, we capture a rare aberration
Arriving there, just as the sun is setting on the land
Early dusk flyers are already moving, flitting around
The lamps bluish glow, now it’s all going as planned
As darkness falls, we hear the eerie howl of a hound
Today in this wood, so lucky to see the Queen of Spain
Moths diving and swooping, gathering around the light
Howling again, that nearby farm’s fierce Great Dane
Caddis are now moving and stirring, ready to take
flight
Here it comes, this must be the one, now entering the
fray
If I don’t catch you tonight, I will surely go mentally
insane
In the trap, out again, in out, in out will it go, or
will it stay
Shiver me timbers and blow me down!
the little beggars got away again.
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