Ellen Wilson
IMAGINARY GARDEN
supplied the photograph
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Nature, as it fades, becomes more lovely.
Tracery is revealed as leaves depart.
The scaffolding of petals flaunts its beauty;
We see a variation on the art.
Autumn delights us with its fading treasures;
The ageing process is a thing of worth.
The going down into the soil is lovely,
The echoing of bright and brilliant birth.
How human-beings fight against the fading!
With potion and with pill they wage a war.
They fool themselves that they can turn the clock back
And be as young and virile as before.
If only we could dwindle as a flower does,
Growing more lovely, in a different way,
Accepting that it's all part of the pattern,
Accepting that the night will follow day.
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RISE AND SHINE!
(An Acrostic)
Refreshed we greet the morning sun.
If day has come, the night is done.
Sleepily we rub our eyes.
Each day is a new surprise.
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All the birds are singing madly.
'Night has gone!' they whistle gladly.
Daisies sparkle in the grass.
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Sailing by, the white clouds pass.
Happiness is everywhere,
In the sky, the earth, the air!
Now's the time to dance in clover!
Except for me!
I'll just roll over!
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