
Birds announce the spring
whilst winter’s cold grasp lingers.
Waiting can be sweet
Copyright Francis 2021

Birds announce the spring
whilst winter’s cold grasp lingers.
Waiting can be sweet
Copyright Francis 2021

Cold easterly wind
bringing snow and lurid light —
starlings gathering

Through the creeping light
night and day undivided;
a thousand birdsongs
Copyright Francis 2021

Snow’s big flakes
Birds watch from branches
Fires crackling
Copyright Francis 2021