Dorothy Allan,
Seaton Sluice, Northumberland. UK

Dorothy has been writing poetry for about 20 years. She has recently contributed to 2 anthologies about Northumberland, entitled 'Castle Coast' and 'Carbon Coast'

Poem completed 27th April 2020

Garden in April

The sky darkens
as I look out on dry earth
and a season changing.

Two ragged petals cling
to a tulip as it dies,
tattered by the breeze.

A cultivated broom bush gleams,
less fragrant than the wild
on hillsides bright as fire.

Unplanned scatterings of violets
nestle shady corners,
deposited by birds.

Rose leaves scale brick walls,
tightly folded buds
show only green until
the first great drops begin.