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Point of view

July 24, 2020 by nomdeplume707, posted in ecology, gardens, poetry

I hate the

sound of a

rabbit, at

night, screaming

in the jaws

of a fox.

But I can’t

hear the fox

cubs crying

with hunger.

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Payment due

June 25, 2020 by nomdeplume707, posted in History, literature, poetry

Writing a

memoir is

a life’s work.

It has to

be earned

by the lines

of your face,

the wrinkles

of your hands,

the night fears

of your sleep,

the weariness

of your brain,

the failing of

your body,

and finished

just in time.

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Happy to see you

June 25, 2020June 25, 2020 by nomdeplume707, posted in ecology, gardens, poetry

The Choughs

are back

doing some

gardening for

me, and the

sight of their

ungainly walk

and their happy

family warms

the cockles of

my cold winter

heart.

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Seasons

June 7, 2020 by nomdeplume707, posted in climate change, ecology, gardens, History, poetry

Plumes of smoke

on a cold

Winter’s day

bring thoughts

of warmth and

community

and human

busyness and

achievement.

Plumes of smoke

on a hot

Summer’s day

bring thoughts

of destruction

and terror

and loss and

anger and

failure.

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Mine

June 7, 2020June 7, 2020 by nomdeplume707, posted in History, media, poetry

I wonder what

he was thinking,

that first man

who chewed a

mouthful of

pigment and

then blew it

over his hand

pressed tight

against the wall

of a cave?

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Blissful

March 29, 2020 by nomdeplume707, posted in gardens, poetry

The Butcher Bird

singing,

beautifully,

from the old

dead tree

this morning,

doesn’t know about

coronavirus.

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Absent friends

March 24, 2020 by nomdeplume707, posted in poetry

The road

outside my farm,

always busy

with commuter

traffic, is

empty, this

morning, as

far as the

eye can see.

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Family ties

February 22, 2020 by nomdeplume707, posted in ecology, evolution, gardens, poetry

One lonely

Wedgetail

Eagle

in a tree,

along came two

more and then

there were three.

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Morning greetings

February 22, 2020February 22, 2020 by nomdeplume707, posted in ecology, gardens, poetry

Three eagles on

a windy morning

circling circling

low above

my head and

calling, calling:

“Here we are”

“Here we are”

“We love wind”

“We love wind”

“Our domain”

“Our domain”.

And then they

slide away

slide away

to another hill.

“Here we are”.

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Raindrops keep failing

February 7, 2020February 7, 2020 by nomdeplume707, posted in climate change, ecology, gardens, poetry

I weep

bitter tears

when drought

breaking rain

is forecast

and I get

just a little

bit less than

bugger all

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