In my mother's garden

a pink clematis grows against a wall
in my mother's garden,
butterflies of red and yellow
flit in and out
of my mother's garden,
a ginger cat does this and that
in my mother's garden,
a pair of white collared doves
a chaffinch bold,
a thrush, some sparrows and a robin too,
fly in and out
of my mother's garden,
a buddleia tree
daffodils and a crocus bulb
grow in my mother's garden,
a sun-dappled squirrel
scurries along
the bough of a tree
in my mothers garden,
in a shady place
behind the garden fence
a hedgehog lies sleeping,
have you seen the flowers?
in my mothers garden
there are a whole lot of colours
growing there,
my mother sits
upon a garden bench
enjoying a cup of tea,
she is the mistress
of all she surveys
in her country garden,
it is good to be sitting there
in the summer sun
thinking of this and that,
in my mothers garden.

All works copyright Mike Hoggarth @ 2010

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