Sketchbook  Brian Strand, UK

 

 

A Crystalline Quintet Forties Christmas Along narrow streets, carol singing Boxes rattling, lanterns swinging.     Forties Child Inkwells in desks with lift-up lids Tables written out with old pen-nibs.     Forties Pastimes Fishing for minnows with jar and net Oft times slipping and getting wet.     Forties Vacations Exploring fields across the brook Studying in nature's real-time book.     Forties Summer Winding brooks fill narrow streams into rivers of my childhood dreams.

 

A Quintile Of Doublets At Daybreak Reflected in the mirror, a round ball. Through the east window nature's alarm call.   In View From My French Window On the brown lawn, yellowed leaves putrify Temperatures die as daylight hours fly.   In The Deserted Streets The sounds of loneliness' ejected sigh erupts from the ruts of nature's highway.   In The Study Pages of diary scatter the floor Litter of secret hopes from heretofore.   Love Enters Through The Eyes When desires meet and emotions convulse Fixation unties the inner impulse.

 

 

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