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Poems
I’ve always written poetry… but far too feeble to share! However, as I also love other people’s poetry, I can at least share some of my favourite poems… and perhaps give some insight why I like them and they are important to me!
The Slaughter Stone
On the south side of Stonehenge, lying on its side is one of the huge stones which make the monument. You can see it at the front of the photo. It is called the Slaughter Stone, which is a bit misleading, because it makes it sound as if it was used for some sort of […]
MoreWhere the bee sucks…
Where the bee sucks, there suck I: In a cowslip’s bell I lie; There I couch when owls do cry. On the bat’s back I do fly After summer merrily. Merrily, merrily shall I live now Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.
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Short but rather nice!
My son has not inherited my love of poetry… I hope he will come to it one day and love it as I do… meanwhile, here is his favourite poem by Tennyson: The Eagle HE clasps the crag with crooked hands; Close to the sun in lonely lands, Ringed with the azure world, he stands. […]
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Last word on nightjar
There was a crossword clue today “dialect word for nightjar”; we couldn’t think of anything at all and looked it up and found several suggestions (none of which fitted) whip-poor-will, whip o’will. nighthawk, puck … and goatsucker…. what? Goatsucker? Really? “Doe niet zo belachelijk!!” Goatsucker Old goatherds swear how all night long they hear The […]
MoreWhere are the birds?
We moved down her initially many years ago when I was eighteen; I let and moved north, but eleven years ago we moved back. I remember when we lived here before, in the evening there would be magnificent wheeling clouds of starlings every evening as they few off together to roost. We didn’t see many […]
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Lois Elsden 