Category Archives: A country tale

Pandy Bach

Posted on December 19, 2024 by Rex Tyler

On a bend it stands so quietly For many moons me thinks In a secret hallowed garden To a leaning cow shed links An ancientness about it all Secluded and alone A house of Fae remembrance One look and I … Continue reading →

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A Tom cat

Posted on December 17, 2024 by Rex Tyler

Yes punishment For wrongs we’ve done The government seemingly Sees the sun The rain the moon They see it all The Tom cat up there on the wall A sparrow tweeting on a tree Then Coming back to spy on … Continue reading →

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Richard

Posted on December 17, 2024 by Rex Tyler

i met Richard a porter this morning he helped me around the place took me from x ray to Urgent care And then to pathology He brought a chair Bloods they were difficult least four tried In the back of … Continue reading →

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Rabbits are extraordinary healers

Posted on December 17, 2024 by Rex Tyler

I love rabbits So very much Soft and thoughtful And so in touch with reality To think that we Keep them as pets Extraordinarily Rabbits are wild Sensitive friends Who consume wild plants Self prescribing tends To keep them healthy

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Hunter killers why?

Posted on December 16, 2024 by Rex Tyler

Those who glean excitement From the killing of the fox Blaming the poor badger The hare too feels the shocks The wild birds shot out of the sky The wild fish from the sea These hunting so called specimens We … Continue reading →

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Badgering

Posted on December 16, 2024 by Rex Tyler

Badgers born of wild intent Their history and future meant To correspond and gleefully Choose the sett and beautifully Exist in utter harmony Dutiful and sensationally Be principled and extraordinary 🦡

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The Colour of life

Posted on December 14, 2024 by Rex Tyler

Wildness shows it’s ultimate colours Nature tells its story well Perceptive friends Out there a telling tales of love Each magic spell How great emotions stalk the forests Embattled sometimes by the bow Set in beauty and heartfelt solace This … Continue reading →

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A dry stone wall

Posted on December 10, 2024 by Rex Tyler

A secret abode in a dry stone wall Where darling creatures rise ever tall They live their lives in a purest sense The wall is chiefly their defence Simple souls live where they were put All their lives less than … Continue reading →

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Lost for words

Posted on December 9, 2024 by Rex Tyler

I am lost for words Over shooting birds Beaters beating Concernedly bleating Simply flying Ne’er denying Sadness seemingly Blasting lead shot Upwards outwards A vast wall of toxicity Red grouse, partridge Feathered beauties Shot down sadly Torn apart Some will … Continue reading →

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Foxy

Posted on December 9, 2024 by Rex Tyler

All foxes are lovely Wild cute desires In the earth’s of their parents Their truth how it fires Up real emotion Simply the best A beautiful animal Wonderfully blessed 🦊

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Another hunt hits the dust

Posted on December 7, 2024 by Rex Tyler

Thanks to the brothers and sisters of soul Who gave up their time and took on the role Of saviour of wild life with so much acclaim They hounded those fugitive wayward The flame Burning bright with endeavour Protectors they … Continue reading →

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The hunt is over And good riddance

Posted on December 7, 2024 by Rex Tyler

The arrogant ignorant oafs in red The hunt has ended And now instead Of seeing and hearing their raucous cries The stench of terror in their eyes The galloping hooves down the country lanes The cries of the hounds Out … Continue reading →

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They want to stop us passing wind. { BOVAER the chemical]

Posted on December 7, 2024 by Rex Tyler

Us cows we can communicate It may sound like MOO to you But we are much the wiser Than humans in what we do It’s true we ruminate Chew the cud, all that verdant grass Many of us discriminate With … Continue reading →

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Welsh Cows we noticed through the fence

Posted on December 5, 2024 by Rex Tyler

Those Welsh Cows Seen as voiceless Inarticulate but they Speak aloud with ever saddening eyes It seems to me Staring out of the dark shed Their starkness seemingly So languid and just so uninspired Lacking clarity What could they be … Continue reading →

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Fox hunting

Posted on December 5, 2024 by Rex Tyler

The wildness of beauty Sunk in the night In the depth of the forest We have to invite Those vile ugly so called Who dare to say They have the right To just murder away Abuse fast and loose At … Continue reading →

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A yellow wagtail mother

Posted on December 4, 2024 by Rex Tyler

Wildness and the lovely birds wagtails to be sure Who nest on arable grass land For them it’s like a war Of attrition for the mission Of their family and their young Of building nests of straw and feathers Living … Continue reading →

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Parc

Posted on December 3, 2024 by Rex Tyler

A meaningful existence The significance of soul The equivalence of Eryri It’s mountainous control A metaphorical murmur Expressive to be sure The rolling high borne rock scapes Impressiveness galore Sheep dotted all around the place Situated high Right up on … Continue reading →

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Winter in Snowdonia

Posted on December 3, 2024 by Rex Tyler

Fur trees many stanzas Dark green tall and strong Clearly loving the mountain air They just seem to belongTogether Close and genuine Friends they seem to be Taking on the mountain winds That blow so crazily A leaden sky A … Continue reading →

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Turkeys lament

Posted on November 30, 2024 by Rex Tyler

Dead to the world The Turkey a bird Everything chopped off It’s really absurd Feathers all plucked Head gone as well All of my innards Are now in Hell It’s happy Christmas With parsnips and sprouts Mince pies and custard … Continue reading →

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Stand with the SABS

Posted on November 30, 2024 by Rex Tyler

For the love of wild life The foxes we all love Up against these rotters Who deem to be above The saboteurs the angels The carers of those who Are Being attacked by hunters Who haven’t got a clue 🦊

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The school grounds and the fox

Posted on November 29, 2024 by Rex Tyler

A hunt takes its arrogance Onto school grounds The cry of the fox The March of the hounds Baying for blood The hunters they too Want the fox torn apart And bloodied it’s true.

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Ai to techie in my short life

Posted on November 29, 2024 by Rex Tyler

From the ape man to A I Once hairy the new guy Lived in the forest Amongst the trees But now on the bread line Stuck to the computer Two pairs of glasses And nobly knees

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The shoot

Posted on November 28, 2024 by Rex Tyler

Look up in2the air Of course it’s not fair Born with wings means of course u can fly mostly it’s men with their guns Pointed upwards Shooting birds out of the sky Lead shot a lethal creation Ends up polluting … Continue reading →

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A farmers boot

Posted on November 27, 2024 by Rex Tyler

Swollen and beaten Soon to be eaten A piglet a sweet beating heart Born of a mummy This poor little dummy Tortured alas from the start Pain every day Trod on a way A heartless grim rotten bloke Who needs … Continue reading →

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The Welsh people

Posted on November 27, 2024 by Rex Tyler

Being in Wales Meeting it’s people Everyone’s friendly That’s what I have found I love the North The lakes and the mountains Thoughtful and caring And wonderfully sharing A word like belonging A kind of fellowship Closer to Nature Emboldened … Continue reading →

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Frank

Posted on November 27, 2024 by Rex Tyler

We met Frank and his dog “spot” whose blue eyes did hold A wearisome outlook In the wind cold Wanting to walk To play with his stick Take in the countryside And just to lick The wind scape The cool … Continue reading →

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Baby pigs

Posted on November 26, 2024 by Rex Tyler

What’s really happening A stench of man We are all together On the rear of his van Tumbling backwards Where will we go I am frightened screamed jack Receiving a blow Bruising and feeling Somethings not right We are being … Continue reading →

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Bala

Posted on November 26, 2024 by Rex Tyler

The lake It’s just huge It could be a sea With mountains around it It has waves and they be propelled by the wind From the mountains that blows A colourful spectacle Which really grows On one’s love and emotion … Continue reading →

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It happened in Bala

Posted on November 26, 2024 by Rex Tyler

There she was Just in front of us All by herself Waddling along In her crazy attire Not very colourful Unlike her beau Feeling our presence And hoping we’d go Sloshing through puddles She was strapped and alone As we … Continue reading →

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Dolgun Uchaf LL40 2 AB

Posted on November 26, 2024 by Rex Tyler

A forested idyll Where the perfect desire Beautiful mountains The softest of lyre Music to dream by Magically so Be embraced by the nature That doth earnestly grow On the true unsuspecting It’s tranquil for sure From ancient beginnings A … Continue reading →

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