Nature
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Droplets resting gently on the leaves Clinging effortlessly and twinkling in the sun Bitterns boom like a distant drum Gulls squabble as they build their nests Swallows swoop and wind through the skies Fast and furiously fetching flies It’s mesmerising to share this space And as dusk approaches the warblers throng To fill the reeds… Read more
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Immersed in the sounds Of male nightingales setting up home Waiting for the females, taking their time To fly north from Africa Seeing who can sing the most attractive tune And sharing it with us Paralysingly beautiful That this courtship happens in our hedgerows After a long journey every year And as the cuckoo calls… Read more
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I feel like a guest in your wood Imagining fairies lying drunk on your sweet fragrance Of the bluebells carpeting the woodland Listening to Bird song singing for love Hearing the whisper of the trees in the warm gentle breeze And then the barren desert of a beet field Saharan exhausted landscape The bluebell carpet… Read more
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Skylark A frantic frolic through the high notes Wings beat triple time Their shrill sound dominates the landscape Only beaten by Corn Bunting Perching high on branches Wheezing like an asthmatic goat Hoping to attract the most beautiful partner One who welcomes wheeze obviously But the treat the Downs gave me today Was 3 Wheatears… Read more
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We sit mesmerised, watching Harriers battling in the sky Fighting, flirting, just displaying We know not what or why We stand transfixed by hedgerow Listen to tunes playing within Blackcap, chiffchaff, wren, all hiding Like flute and violin We watch wind batter the salt marsh Squabbling gulls seek the best perch Sudden frantic gusts from… Read more
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The world on a seesaw Perfectly balanced Between dark and light Masculine, feminine Inner and outer But as tomorrow dawns Light will defeat dark Nature is emerging from her long winter sleep Coming alive as the Sun gains strength As the days become longer and warmer And we plant seeds To harness the exuberance of… Read more
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Dancing, darting, diving Celebrating their joy of arrival And anticipation of spring As the Riviera sun Warms the hearts of those weary of Pandemic restrictions and unjust wars I swim in the azure blue sea Soaking in the ever moving tides And welcoming the New Moon Read more
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As I crunch through the frosty grass The winter trees silhouetted against the warm orange glow of the rising sun The joy of bird song fills my senses The song is as bright as an Irish flute The sound fills the air like a choir in church “Hello hello hello It’s a good day it’s… Read more
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Expectant as the Earth awakes Promises, renewal, rebirth Life forces stirring beneath our feet Hope comes with returning light As birds find their voice in the wakening wood We call to Brigid to heal our hearts To open our arms to the strengthening Sun Come sit alone with your thoughts in the woods Breathe deep… Read more
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I feel the power of the land speaking I feel the Earth asking for love I hold her in my arms weeping Knowing that Ive not done enough Tell to your daughters to hold on to the hope Tread gently on the bare soil of the land Worship the sun, the moon and the seasons… Read more
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As I watch the sun rise and set on the shortest day, I am grateful for my inner light within. As dark steals into the day, I rest in silence, feeling nothing but my breath, my heart beat. My inner calm silences all around, gratitude holds me like a fluffy cloud. And even if the… Read more
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I nestle under your canopy Feel comforted by your awe and majesty Hugging your roughness Feeling in wonder of your strength and consistency I remind myself That you started in the earth You pushed out and up You basked in the sun Bathed in the rain Slept through the winters Awoke each spring And grew… Read more
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A bright morning moon Frost hugs the ground Trees mostly bare And mist lingers Birds barely singing A slow dawn Winter is coming I rustle through thousands of falling leaves Their autumn colours beneath my feet And I look up at the trees standing tall Who find it easy to let their leaves fall They… Read more
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The air bright and crisp Sun warming and bright Blue sky with seldom cloud Like a perfect spring day But the Fungi disguising themselves as leaves Forming garlands around the trees The Autumn colours carpeting the beech wood floor Tell the story of another season Leaves rustle and fallen cobnuts crackle under my feet Birds… Read more
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A heron wades slowly As we bask and relax Just watching and waiting Seals and shags fishing gently With the leisurely tide Weed ebbing and flowing Sea shimmering blue And still we sit and watch And soak up the warmth It feels like summer again As we bask in our joy Of watching, nothing But… Read more
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The blades of grass whisper and sing on the breeze as the sun rises and lights up our day. And the wind blows. And the hedgerows, erupt in flower and scent. And the butterflies. Brightly and lightly they take us to flowers and let us into their world. And the birds sing, like a thousand… Read more
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Tonight I opened the sweetie jar In fading lilac light The scent of pine woods And the spread of heather And the feel of our earth beneath our feet We stood on a mound Surrounded by the sound Of Nightjar Whirring, churring Almost purring Seems endless Then, stops Two fly across the orange sky Graceful… Read more
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A Coot dives avoiding the cry of its young Sedge and Cetti warblers battle it out to see who can shout the loudest House Martins and Swifts mesmerise our view as they swoop and glide, twist and turn The family of swans have managed a white baby who’s swimming amongst its ugly sisters And the… Read more
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The earth breathes a sigh and we breathe with her. The blades of grass whisper and sing on the breeze, and silence the wheeze, of traffic and planes. And the stillness ascends, as the sun rises and lights up our day. And the wind blows. And the hedgerows, erupt in flower and scent. And the… Read more
Between the Fires: verses of earth and moon 