Category Archives: A country tale

Fox hunting with hounds still doing the rounds

Posted on January 6, 2025 by Rex Tyler

Despite true sanity What do we see Wild foxes Chased and murdered They be It’s against the law But the many turn away Some even support The killings 🦊

Posted in A country tale, Abandonment, activism, Animal sacrifice, Coutryside meanderings, Cub hunting, Forests and wild places, Fox Hunting, foxes, Freedom and what's happening to it, furs and the fur industry, homelessness and its perils, Humanity is a shithouse | Leave a comment

Crepuscularity

Posted on January 6, 2025 by Rex Tyler

It’s Dawn and dusk When foxes in the wintry months Will leave their earths To forage Crepuscularity It does achieve Bouts of Inactivity At other times The safer zones all the reason why These so called HUNTS Dotted about kill … Continue reading →

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Wintry hibernations

Posted on January 6, 2025 by Rex Tyler

Hedgehogs and dormice hibernate They are built that way As are Bats, a date In their psyche tells them The time is right To go to sleep For that real long night Safe and sound Energy wise As humans we … Continue reading →

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Robin the Robin

Posted on January 6, 2025 by Rex Tyler

Look at me on the fence post A regular gift My tiny warm breast Gives out a real lift On this coldest of mornings My joy is true I am Robin the robin And I love all of you x

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Hastowe Lane

Posted on January 2, 2025 by Rex Tyler

A January afternoon Cold and crisp and dry A bright blue sky above us all The wind making me cry Bitterness that’s smothering Sitting waiting, I Watched a number of joggers Passing puffing panting All sorts of tight pants and … Continue reading →

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Salisbury Plain

Posted on January 2, 2025 by Rex Tyler

Sarum Plain Dr Salisbury Plain An elevated expanse of chalk Where in the eye of man can see These massive broad green downs Now be What lies beneath this historic veil All manner of English relics free Neolithic accoutrements To … Continue reading →

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Gestation prison for the raped

Posted on January 2, 2025 by Rex Tyler

Gestation crates A hovel idea Saving space for the farmer Who produces such fear Raped and imprisoned Whilst pregnant poor soul Sleeps where she shits Not a pigs role Model I assure you As clean as can be

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Wild one

Posted on January 2, 2025 by Rex Tyler

A pensive little character Hoping that the wild Home that our god placed him in Will never be defiled Every soul created Has a genuine place And We all share independently What is the chosen space All fed as is … Continue reading →

Posted in A country tale, Animal Rights, Emotional Poems, Environmental Poems, Forests and wild places, Fox Hunting, foxes, Freedom and what's happening to it, Hedgerows, Humanity is a shithouse, Lack of understanding, Night time and the tree cover, Trail hunting, traps and snares, Tree's that I am close to, Wales, Wildness is our friend | Leave a comment

Hunters ought to be sectioned

Posted on December 31, 2024 by Rex Tyler

These so called posh hunters They think they can do Whatever they like It’s arrogance, through Everything everywhere White collar types People with top jobs With too many gripes Murdering wild life Ignorance rules In reality this lot are the … Continue reading →

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Horsey hold your tail up

Posted on December 31, 2024 by Rex Tyler

Walking with horses is kinder I feel Than riding upon them For them it’s not real The weight of our bodies It’s really too much The burden of dead weight We are so out of touch With their reality

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Oliver

Posted on December 31, 2024 by Rex Tyler

His life had been so unnaturally bad Farmed he’d been harmed Exclusively sad Beaten and tortured And broken and he Felt so exhausted Just never free To think like an animal Fear gripped his soul And now he was being … Continue reading →

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The fox and the coop

Posted on December 30, 2024 by Rex Tyler

You speak of a coop A prison where man Creates the innocent And his plan Is to steal their eggs Or sell their meat The fox you speak of Is not as discreet He is for his family Like you … Continue reading →

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Mother pigs so very sorry

Posted on December 30, 2024 by Rex Tyler

Our gift after rape Was a gestation crate Imagine the horror The realisation of fate She laid there for months On the goddess earth Waiting for her brethren 🐖 🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷

Posted in A country tale, Emotional Poems, Feelings, Food Processing, Gestation crates, Pain, Patriarchal arrogance makes for danger, Pigs | Leave a comment

A fox in a York street

Posted on December 30, 2024 by Rex Tyler

A sentinel of fortune A red fox on the street A caring sharing very daring Wild soul on his beat To think these so called hunters Encourage hounds to chase These beautiful loving wild souls With hounds Is a disgrace … Continue reading →

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Sadly no trial

Posted on December 30, 2024 by Rex Tyler

An inevitable consequence For what transpired Was my friend the fox Who I greatly admired Was murdered by alien creatures Alas Vile rotten humans From their ugly morass Killers on quad bikes Land owning and vile My friend is dead … Continue reading →

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Ghosts of the North

Posted on December 30, 2024 by Rex Tyler

In times past Working miners Climbed the steep slate path Imagine the extra exercise The breathless added wrath Living in the upper most light A village in the sky Only the ghosts of yesteryear Still hanging out to dry

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Compassion

Posted on December 28, 2024 by Rex Tyler

Lean into the love A gentle embrace Something heartfelt From the human race As an animals suffering It’s good to proclaim There is someone out there Who plays the same game

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A little owl and Tea

Posted on December 28, 2024 by Rex Tyler

Anyone for tea Said the owl of Athena Dusk is a very good time for to see Close to open farmland A shriek or a hiss The aroma of leaves Is like a warm kiss

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Good old Brock

Posted on December 28, 2024 by Rex Tyler

The ignorant see arrogance Decidedly they do They love their fatty bacon On white bread It just feels true The badger Brock the Bruin A creature of repute Bovine Tb When will we see Profit at the root Filthy cowsheds … Continue reading →

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Disablement at the rear of the flock

Posted on December 27, 2024 by Rex Tyler

Destroyed by disablement A limping crisis of resentment She walks at the back of the herd To a death of certainty What did she do to deserve this horror She was born a mother to lambs Who she watched kidnapped … Continue reading →

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Boxing Day Hunts

Posted on December 26, 2024 by Rex Tyler

They are out there a chasing Guts drooping with Turkey Let’s feel sorry for the horses Bearing up to their weight How many I wonder Gulped Port at their table And woke up this morning Hoping the fate of the … Continue reading →

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Turkeys and lambs

Posted on December 25, 2024 by Rex Tyler

Those beautiful turkeys Colourful souls Strutting though snowflakes Taking on roles They live for the yule tide When humanity Plucks them and cooks them For dinner and tea Stuffed with some pork meat And sage herbs I hear Served with … Continue reading →

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Milk

Posted on December 24, 2024 by Rex Tyler

The fact that people generally Put cows milk in their tea And now the vegan movements growing How it has to be That the dairy boys keep milking cows And Making plant milks too A wide stance Two feet in … Continue reading →

Posted in A country tale, Abandonment, Calves and Cows and Bulls, Dairy farmers criminals, Lack of understanding, Lambs and Sheep, Milk and its associated problems, Plant milks | Leave a comment

The chase is on

Posted on December 22, 2024 by Rex Tyler

Imagine being in the forest After midnight in the cold Eyes are staring No ones sharing And you are feeling old The odd deer peers from behind a tree A fox’s eyes look red Badgers comfy in their sett Many … Continue reading →

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Badger folk

Posted on December 22, 2024 by Rex Tyler

Another word for their term murder Cull that’s when animals die Beautifully created the dreamiest souls 🦡 Who live surely under the sky Dodging a bullet that sadly Is fired from a government gun Blaming the godly of harming the … Continue reading →

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Getting to the root of the matter

Posted on December 20, 2024 by Rex Tyler

A most noble fox Stands proudly where he Was put at the top Of a little green tree Has it had its roots cut Possibly so Being at the top It will never grow A fox made of wood Isn’t … Continue reading →

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Beaver

Posted on December 20, 2024 by Rex Tyler

A resilience as brazen as ever This rodent as wild as can be Bright orange teeth It’s children it’s kits A dam building creature we see A semi aquatic creator Empowering others around Slow moving ponds Reducing erosion Providing habitats … Continue reading →

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spotted some DUCKS today on the River Windrush

Posted on December 19, 2024 by Rex Tyler

In Bourton on the water The Windrush by name Lapping to the pavement The very same I noticed the females Dipping their heads Cleaning their eyes Before they go to their beds Also ducks do not have tear ducts And … Continue reading →

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Yule greetings

Posted on December 19, 2024 by Rex Tyler

It’s Thursday the nineteenth December so soon Not quite as cold I think around noon I might feel a meeting With Two friends I know Gloucestershires welcome Leaves me feeling the glow Mistletoe Holly A December day A winter wonder … Continue reading →

Posted in A country tale, birds and the environment, Business Management, Business Testimonials, Crow boys and girls, Crystals, Duty of care was always there, Forests and wild places, Front and back gardens, Love and respect | 3 Comments

Moorland magick

Posted on December 19, 2024 by Rex Tyler

Out on the moors A lass in the know Encouraging foraging Where the jewels grow A simple encounter With knowledge abroad Bring it on lady Such a wondrous reward 🍄🍂🍁

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