Poems
I am exploring my creative side by writing poetry. New poems will be published on this page as I write them. I don’t know how good any of them are, so I’d appreciate your comments!
Thanks, Peter.
My first poetry book ‘Poems from Poole‘ was published in July 2023, available from Amazon in paperback or Kindle format.
Young Coal Tits
In the silver birch,
Restless flittering, constant chirruping:
Young coal tits’ lunchtime!
Swifts at Sunset
Swooping, circling, turning, tumbling,
Soaring silhouettes in dusky gold sky –
Swifts at sunset.
Forget-Me-Not
It sows itself, unaided,
It grows by itself, unaided,
And every spring its flowers come
In a…
The Thought Process of an Amateur Birdwatcher
There they were, on the path in front of me,
Cheerfully splashing in a muddy pool:
Two…
A Tale of Two Birch Trees
In our garden are two silver birch trees,
Both grew from wind-blown self-sown seeds.
I found the…
Spring Peacock
On the last day of March,
The first warm day of Spring,
She awakens.
Older Poems
- Young Coal Tits
- Swifts at Sunset
- Forget-Me-Not
- The Thought Process of an Amateur Birdwatcher
- A Tale of Two Birch Trees
- Spring Peacock
- Early Spring in Orchard Avenue
- One Thing
- The Apple Farmer
- For Beatrice (7th January, 2015)
- Observations on a Winter Morning
- Wind over Whitecliff
- Wareham Winter Wander
- Ebb Tide Echo
- To the Spider on Our Washing Line
- Collared Dove, Confused
- Aerial Conflict
- All is Well
- Jay in the Birch Tree
- Model Yachtsmen
- Low-Flying Swallow
- Summer Drizzle
- Jellyfish
- Flying Ants
- Experimenting with Tetrameter
- The Pottery Cottages
- Love is Patient
- Parkrun
- Brambles in June
- Wait
- Ask
- The Dorset Shepherd
- Life of a Fly
- Unrest on the Embankment
- Three Bird Haikus
- Dandelion Seeds
- We spotted 26 Different Birds This Week!
- A Windy Day in May
- Dartmoor Panorama
- Violets
- Whitecliff in April
- Brimstones
- The Crows and the Tides
- DH Evans, Y Siopwr Mawr
- On the First Day of March, the Harbour Sent to Me…
- The Gull and the Ball
- February bird Haiku
- Poole Park in Early Spring