Category Archives: Countryside wisdom

Wild Woodbine

Several decades ago In the woods whilst a walking I was able to take a cutting Because In a clockwise manner It apparently was growing Succeeding in being Unbelievably knowing Of all things Of light, of the dark And surroundings … Continue reading

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Cambridgeshire 31/5/2025

The last day of May And the countryside Is feasting on its fortune, we Watch the animals enjoyment Of the river it’s a place to be Ducks and cows and Summer When natures colours bright Create a peaceful pastoral time … Continue reading

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Digging for dinner

Under a blazing sunTwo lasses satDigging out roots knowing where  they were at The Cossid moth grubs big juicy souls wriggling quietly each having roles of juicy expression witchitty grubs digging and digging under the shrubs   a fine Lepidoptera … Continue reading

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We are the Gorilla’s

A Great Ape That’s me A Gorilla I be Massively powerful My family Born in the Congo Mountainous green Loved by my family Bountifully lean Kind and creative Essential and true Creatively thoughtful It’s what we do

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A hive of activity

exotica magical blooming 🐝🐝 sense spectacular pollen extraordinary Enters a petal led world tasting  aroma The 🐝exerts majesty partly creation Soft warm inviting soft flowery comfort Buzzing with miracles hardly surprising Fly away 🐝 2 your hive generation   🌺🌷🌹🥀🌼🪻

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Misfit and trouble maker. Some say

An independent gallant soul A warrior in fact Seen by some as a laggard But it’s good that some react In a truer formulation To walk their talk and be Able to distinguish right from wrong And victory

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A Stone Age man’s view of earth NOW

Think of this picture As a Stone Age man Would have seen it And be inclined To have thought of a plan To enjoy every detail And express it’s worth Then or now It’s our precious earth

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The fen lands and beyond eternity

Reality the eyes can see Dramatically how can it be A fantasy creatively Brilliantly and beautifully A landscape true to memory Such beauty it’s a constancy Descriptive then my eulogy Is apparent see it and be free

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Buttermere Valley, Yorkshire

A gate obscures A perfect straight Of water from us How I would rate This splendid picture Of beauty where Crummock Water It’s all we share Buttermere Valley A stretch beyond To stand and dream And just be fond of … Continue reading

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Protection of the grand hive

A kind of collective resonance In built a creative design Godly in its performance It surely is a sign That warns a sick observer Preparing to risk much more To actually taste the honey Dripping from the core 🐝

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Coming up to my birthday

Last April I remember it snowed on my birthday a favourite season of the year when Nature seemingly enchanted by the offerings seems purposely made for me Ashridge  admits to changing imaginatively I see and hear the wilder songstress somewhere … Continue reading

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Pesticides

Cides  equals death to the plants and  to all That  come  into  contact The thumb and the rule its easy to spray no need to bend the back kill off the insects that otherwise pack   Poor Emmy an eleven … Continue reading

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Deers come to my window in the garden

Sadly they don’t come2 close 2my place But if they did& wanted something I Would try 2find out how that I could help them And help them after all under the sky We all r beings created by a The … Continue reading

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Miliband eyewash

Hares Deers and Foxes Mean nothing alas Solar and windmills A sterile morass Kill off the countryside Replace it at will With what causes blackouts And each energy bill Going Through the roof

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Words do matter

To murder That it be Entertainment Says it all Says it all for me Killing animals Killing birds Abuse and insanity In other words

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Wales and the wonderful mountains

10,000 years ago The mountains formed And seemingly Rose up to be counted The Welsh expectantly Any one who saw These wondrous rocky edifices Would in fact see what we see Look across the valleys How the summits do reach … Continue reading

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The sheep

Wherever there’s greenery On the aprons we note There’s sheep bold and hardy Woolly of coat Their legs clearly able To gradients go Steeped in tradition And feeling a glow A contentment to wander The bogs and the dry To … Continue reading

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BE leaves

Autumn’s just showing us Winter soon will Darken the evenings And of course, will chill The air in the mornings And all through the night When the wild folk will shiver And not with delight As leaves turn to golden … Continue reading

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The famous stand up against hunting as do so many others

The famous stand Which indeed is grand And a wealth of others too Those caring sharing folk Who support and wholly do Want to see all hunting banned And the hunters locked up tight Protect all wild souls everywhere For … Continue reading

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Hunting on MOD land

Look, who runs the MOD Hunting on their land We don’t wish 2c But the army&the government What do they care Honestly folks what makes them aware They eat all animals Some no doubt, shoot Heartless most of them Unprepared … Continue reading

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Badgers bruin Brock

Labour manifestos Mean little as we know Badgers will be murdered A fact that seems to grow They are being shot at dawn Despite the promises made I love badgers they r wise Don’t believe the rhetoric Godly creatures they … Continue reading

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The day after the stormiest night I can remember

There’s some blue in the sky There’s some warmth in the sun The apples look swollen The figs do look fun The Bay has shot up The rhubarb leaves green Like collecting plates That truly have been The grapes many … Continue reading

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Poor sheep

Farmers need to be observant Need to care and need to be Aware of how their sheep are coping Never neglected which seems to me Happened here So many injured emaciated too it seems Living with dying and dead sheep … Continue reading

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Badgers

Under Labour Despite promises Badgers can expect The countryside to be at war To seemingly reject The notion it’s not badgers But tge way our cows are fed The chemical laced feed they get Which has surely led To weaknesses … Continue reading

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Badgering

There is a continued sadness A lack of understanding where Government sadly is I’ll advised And presents an onward scare Story about the wildness Of badgers that abound In quiet setts in and around the place Whose whereabouts astound So … Continue reading

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Glyphosate

Glyphosate used at the rate it is Causes concern Much of it is made in China So we learn Not just the pure glyphosate But unknown chemicals too Consumption in a nutshell Might means the end of you

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Mothers and their calves

We steal their babies we process and Rape and kidnap understand The wrong we do to Mother Cows Who lament so graphically, The Dairies abuse their life force Treat their slaves badly every day Murder their calves Break their soul … Continue reading

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8.44

A beautiful sun The restful of light From a wondrous blue sky Quietly alight With a sweet fire of Summer The trees looking still The forest holds many Young Deer who will Chance at a crossing As the moon comes … Continue reading

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Definitely not our KING

For the king to bring his awfulness To the foxes table He Doesn’t like the squirrels either Those souls running free Cruelty to animals, the fox the badgers they Make him a bloody patron Of the RSPCA A sick world … Continue reading

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Foxgloves

From the world of wildness Comes a flower Known as the Foxglove It has the power To kill to revive The heart of hearts From the depths of folklore It imparts A poison that is so extreme A gift of … Continue reading

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