Category Archives: A country tale

I am a baby pig

Posted on September 10, 2025 by Rex Tyler

I love my mummy I hope you do And she loves me I know that’s true I am a piglet A little soul I am often roasted whole A suckling pig Is it fair That many of you Do not … Continue reading →

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Leave those sheep be

Posted on September 7, 2025 by Rex Tyler

Sheep shearing piece working Frighteningly Put poor sheep through it All have to agree They are kindly they are docile Loving and true And the shearers They torture them that’s What they do

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The Douglas Fir

Posted on September 7, 2025 by Rex Tyler

Today close up i met and touched the Douglas Fir in the family it’s the tallest so we hear brought to the United Kingdom in 1827 By a botanist  one David Douglas a tree that loves the rain where it’s … Continue reading →

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The Coblynnau-Goblin Trail

Posted on September 7, 2025 by Rex Tyler

The Mawddach and Eden rivers are truly covered by a gentle ride  with family its flat and worth a try from the car park a gentle upward path flanked by ancient trees huge great Douglas Firs energy to appease those … Continue reading →

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Raining acorns

Posted on September 7, 2025 by Rex Tyler
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It’s taken millions of years of hard work

Posted on September 4, 2025 by Rex Tyler

It figures that there are Remnants of females in the fig Floral pollination The wasps are truly big On organising pollen grabs It’s not just the Bee Thousands of years of miraculous work And the parasitoids agree

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Grafting new life onto old

Posted on September 3, 2025 by Rex Tyler

Passing on knowledge Sharing it all Wisdom is wonderful Being on call In the forest at grafting Sensationally This tip is progressive Consequently Thanks a bundle x

Posted in A country tale, Activism in art, Environmental Poems, Ethereal Poems, The fae, Tree's that I am close to, Trees, Trees our silent friends, Wildness is our friend | Leave a comment

Those who jettison their crap in beauty spots

Posted on September 3, 2025 by Rex Tyler

Those fools who eject their muck All about Have acidic blood Without any doubt A sickness inside It’s who they be A good hiding they need And that’s honestly

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Dry stone Wallers

Posted on September 2, 2025 by Rex Tyler

Wallers build They never yield Their expertise A crucial art Time waits For all of us Who respect the craft And can discuss The pro’s and con’s   I know a man Dewi his name an artist that’s his claim … Continue reading →

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Pollenators

Posted on September 2, 2025 by Rex Tyler

The bee is now just everywhere loads of books in which declare wiping out bees is going to be the end  for us apparently Tis true the Bees are pollinators but there are others in the fight wasps they  buzz … Continue reading →

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Dyfi valley

Posted on September 1, 2025 by Rex Tyler

A magical  forest huge trunks every where a primeval happening such beauty they share from the road looking high The true soldiers  they stand Heading up to the sky the great Sitka  Spruces and Japanese Larch commercial conifers seemingly March … Continue reading →

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Landscaping

Posted on August 31, 2025 by Rex Tyler

A godly panorama Expressing all that’s natural Ageless in the heart form A landscape to adore Explicitly it’s Nature Sensitive and soulful behold the Dyfi Valley its tall straight trees that grow   they really hold their presence and keep … Continue reading →

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Welshpool

Posted on August 30, 2025 by Rex Tyler

Visited the witchy shop met Andy and james lots of unique artifacts a smallish shop that claims   little in the way of things original pieces there an atmosphere peculiar essential oils some rare   herbs and bygone craftsmanship a … Continue reading →

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Contemplation

Posted on August 29, 2025 by Rex Tyler

On the contrary We choose not to speak with you all We understand every word You carnivores utter But our depth of reasoning Goes to levels you would never Ever contemplate.

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Cadar Idris and the Estuary onto the Sea

Posted on August 29, 2025 by Rex Tyler

Fifteen minutes a shortish drive steeper and steeper in the woods we survive the twists and the turns Old woods dry stone Walls, old and crumbly Adventure calls out our names Up the tarmac road lower Precipice trail Gates to … Continue reading →

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The Mauddach

Posted on August 23, 2025 by Rex Tyler

From the mountains and the skies the great Afon mystifies its bubbling gurgling energy delights us all creatively From a rivulet in Snowdonia to a graceful rollicking Estuary into the sea and far away loved by  the fishes who come … Continue reading →

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Fox hunting cub hunting trail hunting three criminal activities

Posted on August 22, 2025 by Rex Tyler

Chasing a fox Or teaching a hound To chase after fox cubs From off of wild ground It’s against the Law It’s awfully cruel The Hunts should be banned Should be banned should be banned. 🦊

Posted in A country tale, Contempt, Cub hunting, Duty of care was never there, Fox Hunting, foxes, HARES And red grouse, Hunting and Poaching ( includes canned hunts) | Leave a comment

In Thailand even elephants enter shops and steal food

Posted on August 20, 2025 by Rex Tyler

Elephants in Thailand Realise their size Gets them into local shops To steal that’s a surprise Insurers wouldn’t contemplate Such stories probably But we see just how possible it is

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Lantern Pike up in the Peak District

Posted on August 19, 2025 by Rex Tyler

Heather runs and tufted glens Lantern Pike it kind of sends Our spirits up into the sky As walkers of course we wonder why Blessed with beauty day on day The sky dips closer come what May The beholder in … Continue reading →

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Is not what you think it is

Posted on August 19, 2025 by Rex Tyler

A cathedral stands proudly Serenity loudly The moo cows participate An honest scene Ely created Who was it stated Milk from the grasses Via the machine

Posted in A country tale, A day in the life, Breathing and pollution, Calves and Cows and Bulls, Contempt, Coutryside meanderings, EMF and animals sensitivity to it (stories from around the world), Milk and its associated problems, Mothers | Leave a comment

Dorset the dark side

Posted on August 18, 2025 by Rex Tyler

Listening to this awful story Malicious hunters who Chased a wild stag And shot it yes it’s true A head wound, in it’s very self It tried to get away The hunters feeling purposeful Just helped to delay The agony … Continue reading →

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He loves his dog and his dog clearly loves him

Posted on August 18, 2025 by Rex Tyler

The smell of him His given name Courage The old man A leader of a country Both are each others fan Of course a Gaelic message True heart

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Wildness never taken for granted

Posted on August 18, 2025 by Rex Tyler

The lanes around Dolgellau the contours and the hills Wildness is respected in honesty it fills the poets heart each moment tall trees cover green solitude and tranquillity at every roadside scene.   A smile begets. A Smile here everywhere … Continue reading →

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Sara’s Gold

Posted on August 17, 2025 by Rex Tyler

Rainbow colours Pots of gold Love and life So I am told Hooded figures Snake skin skies Hooded lady Realise Your worth

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Shooting from darkly hides

Posted on August 16, 2025 by Rex Tyler

Our feathered friends Delight us so Birds of a feather Should never go With the thrust of cordite The lead of soul Standing in hides The cowards we know Rich of pocket Heartless fools Whose blood and guts Taint Countless … Continue reading →

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Watendlath

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Rex Tyler

Just look here in a soft repose and lets  create a solution  for the solace and that criss  cross gate a dry stone implementation a constancy  of soul covered with  such greenery it be the mothers role to beautify and … Continue reading →

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8.30pm Dolgellau

Posted on August 11, 2025 by Rex Tyler

There’s a warmth in the clouds almost a smile Dolgellau’s at peace It seems for a while a stillness of plant life the mountains they doze light and composure even a rose At the head of my gate as pink … Continue reading →

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LLYN CYNWCH

Posted on August 10, 2025 by Rex Tyler

Where the brown trout and the sea trout come to feed along the way. where mountains gaze and touch the sky every single day the solitude and  tranquillity Nature at its best the tall trees in the local woods their … Continue reading →

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Ten minutes from Dolgellau

Posted on August 10, 2025 by Rex Tyler

Massive Pines straight to the sky sharing the light as we drive by   rocks and white water splash and teem ancient root stocks scuff and cream   over the bridge where. The brown trout seemingly panning goes   on … Continue reading →

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Two apples

Posted on August 1, 2025 by Rex Tyler

It’s a bright and clear evening the bushes are sparkling sunlit and wonderful   i thought that I would go up to the terrace and pick me an apple one with a rosy bloom   juicy and sweet the suns … Continue reading →

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