To A.E.B
To A.E.B. (For her birthday) (16 September) To you, this Special Day, I write My bouquet of love’s timeless flowers, Believing that you’ll cherish more My heart’s creation than a store Of bursting blooms whose scented hours Too soon are faded and forgot. I […]
All the Year is Spring!
All the Year is Spring! Jubilant birds serenaded the trees, Carolling joyfully; Telling the world, on the wings of the breeze, The wonderful story of Spring. But sadly I sat, against an oak tree, […]
Coal
Coal It came from the depths of Earth, Hewn forth by men’s rude skills. Now it flames within my hearth And heavenwards distils. Long ago it was […]
Blessing
Blessing May God bless you, my dearest one, And pour upon your lovely head Rains of delight and kindliness!. I pray to God always For you, and for your happiness. Working, playing, asleep in bed, I […]
Easter Saturday
Easter Saturday And gladly now approaches Easter fair, Robed chastely in the purest lambs-wool sheen. On each spring-wakened bush- and tree-bough there Grow heavenwards new tender leaf-buds green; While gentle, fragrant grass-blades, tipped with dew, Fringe rippling ponds reflecting clear sunlight: Fresh Spring is everywhere to charm the view. […]
The Call of the Weather
The Call of the Weather The weather is calling me, calling me, Calling me; The weather is calling me strongly tonight!. The winds are rough-beating And rains are down-sheeting, but oh, they are calling me loudly tonight!. Why are they calling me, […]
This is Spring
This is Spring Winter has cast Its dismal attire Into the cloudless sky. Birds choir on high In cheerful melody; For now it’s Spring!. Life-bringing Spring; Spirit of beauty; Season of joyfulness. Each year we bless It for its […]
Funerals
Funerals Past I. Four stalwart neighbours, Hats in hands, With coffin hoisted to broad shoulders, Shuffled through the darkened door. […]
Sunset at Ghadhira
Sunset at Ghadhira (Malta GC) The […]
Sublimating Love
Sublimating Love My solemn-seeming visage hides, underneath its frown, That sensitive affection which you alone have known. Love for you is sublimating all my baser traits, Refining me till I become fit foil for your […]