Knowledgeable 

nettles

impart their wisdom 

freely

 

And spider-web

sporting dew

is lucid as dreams 

aspire to be

 

From colour upon colour

-insects upon flowers-

emerge the greatest of psalms

 

I’ve seen the flight of the bumble-bee

quell the yen for an afterlife 

incomparable love of a dog

beg child-soldiers, lay down your arms 

 

Glorious summer heat begins to tell

Again, all manner of things shall be well