Signs of Spring - a Haiku poem
See the signs of spring!
Swathes of wild garlic scenting
In ancient woodlands
Hear the dawn chorus
Blackbirds, robins, wrens all sing
The orchestra starts!
Dancing daffodils
Their yellow colour cheering
Goodbye grey winter!
Buzzards skydancing
Catching their prey on the ground
Voles, mice, shews and crows
Frothy white flowers
Burst forth of the Blackthorn tree
Followed by hawthorn
Jelly like frogspawn
Becoming tadpoles then frogs
Croaking for their mates
Mad March hares boxing
Females punching amorous males
In the bare spring fields
Swallows are gliding
With their graceful long forked tails
It’s nearly summer!
Queen Bumblebees buzz
Hungrily guzzling nectar
Then searching for nests
Carpets of bluebells
Blanketing the woodland floor
In a rich blue haze
Hedgehogs waking up
Looking for food and a mate
They snuffle and grunt
Bats silently flit
Black wings starking the night sky
Then chomping on moths
And many more signs
Bye bye winter, hello spring!
New life starts again
