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.
Ebb Tide Echo
Oscillating calls disrupt the coastal calm:
Obstreperous oystercatchers
Clashing over the oyster catch?
To the Spider on Our Washing Line
They call her a common garden spider
But look closely and you’ll realise
There’s nothing whatsoever common
About…
Collared Dove, Confused
Diligently
She flies down to the garden,
She selects the ideal twig,
She flies up, twig in beak,
She…
Aerial Conflict
They compete for supremacy of the sky,
Two birds together above the trees,
One circling sedately on…
All is Well
She welcomed the prophet of God,
She opened her home to him,
She gave him food and…
Jay in the Birch Tree
A raucous, rasping shriek,
A startling azure streak –
Jay in the birch tree.
Older Poems
- 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