
Behold a peacock
Splendidly colourful
Serenely strutting past

Behold a peacock
Splendidly colourful
Serenely strutting past

It stands on a fountain
A painting behind
Only a simple heron

A bird flies past the Bard
No sonnet for the gull
Will thaw this statue
Statue of William Shakespeare at Leicester Square, London

You can never tell
What you might chance to see
When walking in the park
A heron in London’s Regents Park

With full plumage,
An exotic creature:
The proud peacock in the park
In the Kyoto Garden, Holland Park, London

A bird in the hand
Is worth two in a bush
So wise folks say sometimes
Kensington Gardens, London

Bird on a wall
Watery reflecti-on:
Grand Union Canal

Parrot on a fence
gnawing on a nut:
Once wild, now a bit too tame!