Queen Annes Lace

(NB Sweethearts an alternative name for Cleavers. . . Queen Anne's Lace the flower heads of Wild Carrot. . . Bindweed, white trumpet flowers,related to the blue Morning Glory.)    
   
   
Queen Anne's Lace silhouettes in the hedges    
hawthorns bound in bindweed ties    
white moons shining in the noonday,    
trumpets proclaiming summer's afternoon.    
Sweethearts cleaving to the branches    
the gate ajar creaking as I enter    
with poppy red and campion pink.    
Mid-summer sun and panting robin    
sleeping faun and nettles limp    
no more to sting,fretwork ferns    
patterns cut by pixie scissors,    
while nightjars guard with the owl.    
Bracken in the copse turning gold    
before the ferns,brambles soon    
purple fingers,bleeding hands and pies.    
Foxgloves fading,seed pods swelling    
seedlings for next year around my feet,    
Fire-weed soon to light the path.