Raptors

raptors

thermal riding

circling gliding

two red kites

I stand transfixed

rapt in the moment

the rest of time

stood still

              Malcolm Evison

               28 April 2012

just another day

just another day

striving to ignore

the sundry aches and pains

the flesh is heir to

I sit and watch

the rains incessant flow –

birds flit

from shrubbery to feeders

wallow in puddle baths  -

I struggle

with a vague desire

to don a coat

wonder if I

dare venture out

to taste

the sodden air

                   Malcolm Evison

                           19 April 2012