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On Rain III
Full Sun and half Moon Dress the early morning sky Clouds dissolve to blue . n.b. Breakfast can be taken outside again with shirt off. To the west there is no sign of precipitation. Dunnock, pigeon and the young sparrow hawks nesting in the adjacent hedgerow join the sparrows in chorus. Is it a rain →
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On Rain
Green and pleasant land Rivers run shallow, grass weak Flaming June due next . n.b. We need rain and lots of it. The promised low pressure by-passed South-West England. The concrete water troughs that collect the run-off from the barn roof are markedly lower, a ring of algae marks the recent high water level. The →
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On the Canal
Unusual duck Beak long, slender and hooked Goosander – female. . n.b. The Goosander is also known as the Common Merganser, but it is not that common. I saw this female on the canal when walking towards Little Bloxwich. It is a duck, longer than a mallard with a lower profile when on the water. →
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On The Ocean Wave
Tsunami builds Subterranean power Always surfaces . CLP 07/03/2019 →
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On The Brink
February closes With unseasonable warmth Dare peach buds open? . n.b. A discarded peach stone, or was it a nectarine, I cannot recall exactly, has grown into this. The warmest February on record, (states The Met Office), has led to very early sightings of blossoms, amongst other things, even swallows have been reported. Tipping point →
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On February
Fierce frosts bite morning Noon sky wears Marian blue Sun brings butterflies . n.b. This arid track, these browned brambles and dry ivy leaves, the dessicated litter and parched grasses are the backdrop for a vivid yellow, medium sized butterfly. The brilliance of the colour was breath-taking. It is in the picture somewhere towards the →
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Putrification
Collapse of core Skin wrinkles, folds, shrinks and tears Innards now liquid . CLP 21/02/2019 →
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On Meeting
Many and varied Beach pebbles dance together Fate acts as caller . CLP 01/02/2029 →
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On the Land
Passing o’er our heads Sun draws our starry-eyed gaze She weeps for the soil . n.b. If we look to the earth beneath our feet we will discover that all life depends on restoring the soil to good health. Imagine: skin sealed by concrete, tarmac and bricks; diet of insecticides, herbicides, nitrates and other manufactured →
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Brent Geese
. Spirals from vast skeins Settle on winter wheat Black snow from Russia . CLP 30/12/2018 →
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