Dad's Beauty in Colour and Love
by Agnes Clarke
The garden path of memories past
In solitude I tread
The greenhouse glass now misted up
Where Dad spent happy days
The Birdhouse with its netting
In silence standing bare
Where once in color beautiful
Dad’s birds would flutter there
Those perches placed with thought
Each pair their space to give
Little heads a bobbing
And beaks a chattering
Small in stature with a loving heart
The garden his place of peace
He would stand in wonder silently
Watching his lively rainbow fleetingly increase
Breeding birds each one with partner clear
Their cheeping song the chat of love so dear
Budgies closely monitored and appraised
Tended with care and wonder Gods miracle of grace
Fleeting memories down the years and yet so very near
A smile so kind and gentle that lit Dads face so dear
His love of natures bounty within this garden neat
Those lessons learned in childhood within my heart complete
Writers Bio
I have been writing poetry for quite a few years
I enjoy the challenge of creating my verse especially from pictures
I live in Lisburn N Ireland and have been married to John for 53 years
I am a retired housewife and grandmother to Jacob and Jesse
Inspirational Image
by Lynn White
Pieces Inspired by this Image
'With Friends Like These'
by Bruce McRae
'The Gulls'
by John Grey
'Love Birds'
by Robert Steward
