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On Open Ground
Hind steps from bracken Edges to field centre Grazes in full view . n.b. Have you noticed that deer do this? They often choose a wide open area to settle down, eating and resting in a place that allows them to be easily seen, but allowing themselves time and space to respond to approaching threats. →
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On Rain VI
One hundred percent Cloud cover at dawn, moist air Nothing more offered . n.b. Rain on Tuesday is the best the weather forecast can promise. If there was a competitive market for rain I would change my supplier. Privatised water management companies will profit regardless. Government intervention is required to ensure that commercial interests do →
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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 Thermals
Roundels on fanned wings Clockwise spiral up on high In sight; out of reach . n.b. A buzzard new to this part of the country, with distinctive creamy roundels, eventually disappeared from view high above, ascending on a rising pocket of hot air, (that brought some gulls drifting in from the coast). The buzzard soared →
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Metaphysical
It was Mrs Howard who Love taught me In the temporary classroom Sat on the rugby field Her love of Love and its expression From the page in gently found words Spoken In bright metaphors And subtle allusions . She spoke to me of hidden themes And how a phrase could mean so much How →
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The Witch
A pronounced bow wave Presages her imminent arrival Her keel knifes the dark waters Peels twin curls off the surface . She draws down the light of stars Calls the wind to her direction Tides pause on her command Squalls and storms follow . Treading water as she passes We can only witness this spirit →
Journey of Words 