on branches still bare

wood pigeons roost above

busy nesting wrens

a congregation

all species of birds commune

in flutter and chirp

two stir crazy cats

look out on a rainy day

happy dog splashing

a very wet day

the noise of rain on perspex

roof, so distracting

children returning

to school, many feet sploshing

through happy puddles

crocuses, purple

white and gold circle a

silver birch, sublime

today we are back

to cold, grey, emerging like

grubs, spring’s first pickings

I asked how’s business

a taxi driver told me slow

his cab is so clean

there are cars again

kids roaring engines, shredding

tyres, ripping tarmac

venturing outside

beyond crocus-skirted trees

enjoying the sun