Halcyon Days
By Peter Devonald
Soft May raindrops fall gently
gently
on verdant green:
nature sparkles and glows
yawns into late spring.
Cloudy skies skip across the horizon
rain to sunshine
grey to blue
the dreams of all we knew.
Golden light shines a bright light
on everything
huddled winter becomes warming spring
the dreams of what might have been
flourish
before our eyes.
Summer is almost here
in all its auspicious wonder
you can feel it in the air
transformation
possibility
promised halcyon days
that spread blissful carpets of flowers
under us
flourish whilst you may
every summer must have its day.
Peter Devonald is a multi-award-winning scriptwriter, poet and novelist based in Manchester, UK. Children’s Bafta nominated, Gold Remi WorldFest Houston winner, Best Drama New York, Virgin Media Finalist, Cutting Hedge Branchage and Best Film Kyiv Molodist.
Winner Heart of the Heatons best poetry award 2021. Poetry in over 30 publications including this year: Artists Responding To…, Forget-Me-Not Press, 2 issues of haus-a-rest, Substantially Unlimited, Tales of the Underbanks (3rd in award), Bolton Breakdown, Dwell Time Press and Heaton Post. Selected for Chronically Online x Culturable x Layered Onion group show and The Poetic Map of Reading.
First novel completed: You Me And The End Of The World. Formerly senior judge/ mentor Peter Ustinov Awards (iemmys).
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