{"id":863,"date":"2012-03-19T18:28:25","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T18:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/?page_id=863"},"modified":"2012-04-06T13:07:08","modified_gmt":"2012-04-06T13:07:08","slug":"may-10","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/?page_id=863","title":{"rendered":"May 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

A great year for cuckoos! This year I’ve heard them all over, from the coast of West Cork to Slieve Liag in Donegal. Maybe they have it all worked out!<\/em><\/p>\n

May glen<\/p>\n

Cuckoo’s call carries
\nacross the bird-sung valley.
\nChaffs chase a kestrel.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

Cuckoos cuckooing;
\nultimate opportunists.
\nAre they mocking us?<\/p>\n

(31\/05\/10)<\/p>\n

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And now, with the glorious weather of the past few days, Summer is really here, late though it may be. Trees are coming to full leaf and bloom; the birds’ song is overwhelming: a riot of notes, calls, full-throated symphony.<\/em><\/p>\n

Whitethorn<\/p>\n

Hawthorn’s almond scent
\nhoneying the hot May air,
\nsweet from blackbirds’ song.<\/p>\n

(24\/05\/10)<\/p>\n

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How beautiful after all these bare, cold months with no growth to see the wind run through the new grass and ripple the newly unfurled leaves…<\/em><\/p>\n

Matins<\/p>\n

Young leaves prayer-dance
\nto the North wind’s warm hymn.
\nLong grass genuflects.<\/p>\n

(17\/05\/10)<\/p>\n

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Our Sakura (what the Japanese call their cherry blossom) has arrived in full, glorious force. “Well done, everyone,” as Johnny Spillane would say!<\/em><\/p>\n

Sakura<\/p>\n

Laden profusion.
\nBare branches explode in clouds
\nHeavy with their light.<\/p>\n

(10\/05\/10)<\/p>\n

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\u201cSamhradh! Samhradh! Bainne na ngamhna, <\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thugamar f\u00e9in an Samhradh linn\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Bealtaine and the arrival of Summer \u2013 at least, in principle! The hills, the fields and, especially, the hedges know it:<\/em><\/p>\n

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May’s busy needle,
\nbluebells, violets, stitchwort:
\nthe banks embroidered.<\/p>\n

(03\/05\/10)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A great year for cuckoos! This year I’ve heard them all over, from the coast of West Cork to Slieve Liag in Donegal. Maybe they have it all worked out! May glen Cuckoo’s call carries across the bird-sung valley. Chaffs … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":485,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":""},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P36zMW-dV","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/863"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=863"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1132,"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/863\/revisions\/1132"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}