blackberries

Early blackberries dangle overhead down Essex Avenue,
I eat them greedily,
some are sweet and juicy, others so sharp they make my tongue curl.

Bears

Students come to the door, blanketed and grumpy,
Like bears disturbed early from their hibernation.

three boots

three purple welly boots on the doorstep
did someone hop home?

three cats

three cats perched on the windowsill
they all turn towards me as I open the gate next door
and dart away in unison around the corner of the house

three dogs

I cannot hear the doorbell
but inside three dogs respond 
with a cacophony of barks, yaps and whines

leaf

A blustery January day
brings down a huge desiccated sycamore leaf
it crash landed and skidded to a halt at my feet

magpie

wiki commons

on the scruffy street
blue wing feathers glisten 
in the early June sunshine

baby birds

a clutch of sparrowlings
hesitate on the path
unsure which parent to follow

bug

wiki commons

sitting on the letter box
its attempt at camouflage
is wasted

seed

wiki commons

captured on a thread of cobweb
I lift it free
and it drifts
purposelessly away

Snow day

on the doorstep
tiny blue boots
hoping
anticipating
another snowy day

5 am pot

the man is just a clot of shadow
lit by a tiny red glow
the familiar scent surrounds me 
in a cloud as I cycle past