HARVEST FESTIVAL IN ENGLAND
I went to a wonderful Harvest Festival on Friday evening. After some hymns and readings, Sally stood wearing wellingtons and a farming outfit. She had a spade in one hand. In the her other she had a...
View ArticleNature Poetry
Nature Poetry – poetry about anything to do with nature. Birds are a part of nature. The Book THE POETRY OF BIRDS seems an interesting exciting nature poetry book There are some amazing birds in this...
View ArticleSilent Spring
‘Silent Spring’ – I read this book many years ago. It really made me think how we take birds for granted and to this day when I hear birds singing I sometimes think of Rachel Carson’s book – even...
View ArticleTHE BIRTHDAY CARD
Today I bought this birthday card, One which I can never send, Not for my next door neighbour, But one of my best friends. Where he has gone is peaceful, The best rest he has had, But I still wish you...
View ArticleLike a thunderbolt
He clasps the crag with crooked hands; Close to the sun in lonely lands, Ringed with the azure world, he stands. The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls; He watches from his mountain walls, And like a...
View ArticleA MEMORY OF CHILHOOD PAST
A journey from the city, To the narrow country lane. A memory so pretty Of some playful childhood games. The packing of the welly boots Bought excitement in itself. The sounds of the barn owl hoots A...
View ArticlePAPER BAGS AND BROKEN COMBS WILL REALLY WRECK THE PIXIE HOMES
The countryside is lovely all year round, but especially this time of year. It is spoilt by people dumping their rubbish on the grass verges. and all over the countryside Here is a poem written...
View ArticleStarling mimicry – a poem
We often see starlings flying in a great flock, swirling in evening sky before plunging earthwards to their roosts, at this time of year, when there isn’t much to cheer; yet when I sat by the quayside...
View ArticleThe Ash Tree – I hear your voice on the wind’s breath
They say you’re a tree not a person, You’re not flesh and bone you are wood. But the things that we like make us joyful And joy is a gift borne of love. They say that your limbs are but timber And...
View ArticlePRAYER FOR A BIRD
This week I have had one or two instances of people caring for wild birds and worrying about them. We do care. Somehow birds have woven themselves into our lives. Here is how Sue cared. The...
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