Poetry Series by Anthony Ward

 Aurora

 

I see those energised particles

Colliding in the upper atmosphere

A composite of colours

Of spectacular coronal flare

Abiding the poles around the equinoxes

Where visible winds display a merry dance

Of verdant oxygen and violet nitrogen

Blushing at high altitude in the electric sky

As the chromatic curtains gently sway

In anticipation of the drama about to unfold

Across the astronomical twilight.

 

The Garden

 

My garden aspires to be most jubilant in the morning

When foliage appears denser from the dew.

Reflective tears dissipate lachrymose disparity

Like captured moonlight suspended upon silken webs

That become tentative to the foreground.

While constellations of sky-blue clusters

Scintillate so I can remember their presence.

 

The avifauna transcribe their transience in residence

Amidst aromas emitted from curtseying colours

As the sun approaches the meridian,

Having resolved their quandaries of nuance

To ascertain their own domain.

When all that has motion ceases,

And all that is remains still.

 

Waterside

 

Moonside lake

Bold bush trimmings

Southern dances on quivering water

Blue exquisite momentum

Warm sighing breeze

Whispering trees

This is the scene of curious chaos

Calm concoctions

And natures stand.

 

As the waters rest

Through harmony and tranquillity

Always calm

Never disturbed nor dubious

In the still of night

You can hear

Perched behind the curtain of trees

The waters melancholy

Beneath the moon

In the clearing of summer obedience.