A nature reserve
In Dancing End
In Charles Rothschilds memory
A great wealth they send
Ancient old woods
A haven of calm
And Pavis Woods
Indomitable charm
It’s a special place
On the chilterns, we see
Acres and acres
High up actually
Vascular, fungi
Mosses
galore
and several wild orchids
And many more
Mantles and pimpernels
Great butterflies
Trefoils and hawkweeds
Wild basil applies
Hairstreaks
Cock pheasants wandering free
A wildness profusion
So much to see
Down to the Lee
To the shop where we bought
Some local fresh vegetables
Free range eggs sought
Fresh cut asparagus
Succulent greens
Sough dough
A nice bag
And, some fresh beans
Lots of high blossom
Magnolia’s too
In country gardens
How we construe
Light spangled diadems
That deftly imbue
Soulful embraces
No word of a lie
Three roads cross magically
ask each other why
besoms of willow
For those in the sky
A conflation of spell binding
Magical powers
Fly agaric and liminal momentous
Showers
Nature above us wherever we go
In what is a magical mystery show.
Rex Tyler is a Poet, Campaigner, former owner of an organic shop of 30 years, and Public Speaker living in Berkhamsted, UK.