Cheerful chirrup above my head,
Bright flashes of yellow and red –
Goldfinch.
Cormorant – perched on a pole,
Alert, erect,
Like a guardsman on duty.
Two proud parents, dressed in white,
Six toddlers, fluffy, grey and cute –
Swans and cygnets.
In the breeze,
Flying, floating,
Dancing, drifting,
Tiny, downy,
tufts of fluff,
Mini-parachutes
Each bearing
A precious package,
A microscopic seed,
Eyes peeled, ears pricked, binoculars at the ready,
We spent a week at Wastor, on the edge of Dartmoor.
The woods were alive with birdsong, dawn till dusk,
So we took up the challenge (as all nature-lovers must)
We made a list!
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Trees moan,
Gates creak,
Barns shudder,
Windows rattle.
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First things first…
A patch of soft, springy turf,
Hot coffee from the flask,
A chocolate cake bar.
Tiny, intricate,
Fragile, delicate,
Precious purple petals
Pierce the dark forest floor
Like sparkling sapphires scattered
Among the leaf mould.
Breeze-blown clouds
Scud across the blue sky.
The view to Corfe crisp, clean,
Scoured by successive showers.
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A flash of yellow golden wing,
In the April sun, dancing;
We welcome the good news they bring,
Heralding the spring.
Sermon for Palm Sunday, comparing the first Triumphal Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem with the second Triumphal Entry, when Jesus will return to Jerusalem to establish his eternal kingdom. He is coming soon!
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Crows at low tide, inventive and clever,
Black beaks probing the mud to find
Cockles, whelks, slipper limpets.
They seize the prize, then fly up high
To drop the poor mollusc
Onto the hard tarmac path,
Again and again,
Until the shell finally cracks,
And the crow can enjoy the tasty treasure therein.
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