Category Archives: Forests and wild places

Fruits of the dead

Posted on January 5, 2021 by Rex Tyler

A spiritual dimension In a Wintry altitude Where elemental spirits Are a light prelude For something rather special On certain Apple trees Rotten apples overlooked by birds They quickly freeze Its called a polar vortex Where the rotten fruit slips … Continue reading →

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Foxy

Posted on December 27, 2020 by Rex Tyler

To the fox who left his earth today To the vixen his partner who To his cubs perhaps he went for food And ended up in stew The HUNT was out The toffs were riding The hounds were hungry, they … Continue reading →

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My beloved FOX

Posted on December 27, 2020 by Rex Tyler

The Hunting Act 2004 ********************** Hostility it hangs In clouds around the forest where The red one stalks And breathes the wondrous Ice clad December air Dissension in the countryside A jarring disharmony The frost that encrusts the barest boughs … Continue reading →

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Councillors audacious ideology

Posted on December 23, 2020 by Rex Tyler

Councillors with Urbanite audacity Unknowingly breach Laws of wildness, they Imagine their importance Usurp the will of people They are unconscious Spirits and their way Out of a predicament Is killing Deviousness the order of their day The Fox and … Continue reading →

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Changes

Posted on December 18, 2020 by Rex Tyler

Importing foreign plants Into our countries Its big business of course It is but we Are arrogantly altering Environments and insect life Desires and really all that subtlety Natures blueprint really shows soecifics Preference, for soil types And our special … Continue reading →

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Trail hunting

Posted on December 16, 2020 by Rex Tyler

Its all a big con A way, around The Hunting Law me thinks decked out in Their clobber And a few warming drinks They have clambered up onto their Thoroughbreds hounds are a yelping A trail is laid Convinced they … Continue reading →

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I thank the Goddess for Baronsdown

Posted on December 15, 2020 by Rex Tyler

Its bitterly cold In the forest The wind shock the system And we The wild ones that live and that Play here Are shocked by the Adversity Christmas brings frost And snow falling Earnestly we have to be Careful when … Continue reading →

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a lot of sad vixens

Posted on December 14, 2020 by Rex Tyler

A lot of sad vixens Holed up in the earth With their cubs It just rubs And shows me their worth And What Hunters believe They can chase any soul For they have the upper hand Yes they control On … Continue reading →

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Hunters

Posted on December 14, 2020 by Rex Tyler

Hunt Saboteurs Have courage Taking on those Huntsman who Clad in pure delinquency Doing what they do Ex Chief Inspector Davies Hoped in his own speak That officers would not see The following Footage that we leak 100 Hunting webinars … Continue reading →

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Peterborough

Posted on December 13, 2020 by Rex Tyler

At last the so called councils Up and down the land Are coming around And making a really thoughtful Stand Ethical determination Of the Hunting Law And Peterborough took the challenge And showed the hunt what for All forms of … Continue reading →

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Disrespect of the dead

Posted on December 5, 2020 by Rex Tyler

Jarring and grating of spirit Of soul Artless and tasteless Your imperfect role To disrespect Nature Such harshness I see Turgid and tasteless Such barbarity An animal shot through A life stolen by Oafs heartless soulless Liars who try Wickedness … Continue reading →

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A Gambian Boy

Posted on November 23, 2020 by Rex Tyler

Big brown eyes A solid smile A forest gazer And many a mile He runs His gait is fast and sure Wildness and his Need for more His comprehension Its from his core His choice of food He loves it … Continue reading →

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Excuses that turned against me (a short story)

Posted on October 28, 2020 by Rex Tyler

Just Going out To bag me a rabbit So don’t be too long Don’t make it a habit Out in the dark woods The charred sombre gloom Through the great mass of leaves Down the long path to doom Over … Continue reading →

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Caprinopsis picacea

Posted on October 21, 2020 by Rex Tyler

Amazingly discovered Back In 1785 By Jean Baptiste Francois This egg to bell shaped soul Doth thrive It Loves its alkalinity Emerging from the leaves that litter in October Where sometimes it achieves A small group But as a solitary … Continue reading →

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The Tongass an infinite Wilderness

Posted on October 7, 2020 by Rex Tyler

Eternity a fact of life The Tongass is to where The souls and eyes do manifest And enduring place to share Genuine and attested As ancient as one can be Trees that sunk their roots 800 years ago And who … Continue reading →

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Rowldritch acorn

Posted on July 29, 2020 by Rex Tyler

What more fitting a gift Than an acorn for they Are a symbol of strength and power That The Oak Casts away That wild souls consume Like the Squirrel and Pig The Bear and the Deer Both liking to dig … Continue reading →

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No concept of wrongness

Posted on June 5, 2020 by Rex Tyler

A baseball bat So pitiless So heartless Not a thought No concept of forgiving Or living just the sport Of killing So intolerant Relentless to a tee His vacant eyes His woeful size Morose misanthropy Spiteful child Toward the wild … Continue reading →

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My wild red friend

Posted on May 20, 2020 by Rex Tyler

Wild he be And VOLES he will see and hear and dig the vole his treat For a certain sweetness  of its meat  Beneath  the grassy roots he will be ou rough pasture Neglected and free parting  the grass a … Continue reading →

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Buttercups

Posted on May 10, 2020 by Rex Tyler

Buttercups and daisies the little knotted rings children  made for mothers Ranuncular  he sings  beautifully the legend says this glossy yellow flower that grows in grassy meadows And captures solar power  this is chiefly to attract insects and to make … Continue reading →

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On the trail

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Rex Tyler

On the trail of brother fox reading signs and comprehending for foxes in their wily way Are never  shy  For they are sending messages as to what they do For those  who care and take   a view  night is … Continue reading →

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Insufficient evidence

Posted on April 3, 2020 by Rex Tyler

Insufficient evidence That’s the judgement here A lack of understanding Of the foresight and the fear We who are the wild ones Birds and mammals we Will suffer as life gets tougher Than we every hoped it could be An … Continue reading →

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DAWN

Posted on March 21, 2020 by Rex Tyler

My blue dress Every stitch is pure enchantment A night sky over a wild forest Where the tiniest bats Doth fly Walking slowly through a grove Brushing the ransoms green The wafting of earths aroma Adding to the scene Ahead … Continue reading →

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Oestra and the woodland

Posted on March 15, 2020 by Rex Tyler

A walk in the woodland With a sharp eye to see The beautiful pasqueflower Wind born and free It’s feathery sepals A sentinel who Is a signboard to Spring When the coolest of dew Hangs from the leaves It’s a … Continue reading →

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Bird and fox killers

Posted on March 10, 2020 by Rex Tyler

Natural England Has that ring About it’s name That seems to bring A consciousness into the fore But the current death toll We ignore Nearly 600 foxes died And 800 crows on the other side Slaughtered sadly alive no more … Continue reading →

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Into the Rainbow Bridge so many were taken

Posted on March 9, 2020 by Rex Tyler

The hedgerows hold the cover Where Wildness did exist So many victims quietly stolen from the mist Of time as earths were emptied By the prowling poacher man The National Park in Pembrokeshire Across the years did span Snares and … Continue reading →

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Peace and quiet of a country walk

Posted on February 13, 2020 by Rex Tyler

The peace and quiet The solitude The existential need To share the undying spirit In the countryside and feed Off of the glorious naturalness That abounds in all our hearts The physical The tangible How the visionary imparts So much … Continue reading →

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Wind flowers

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Rex Tyler

Anemone or wind flower It ornaments our woods It grows by shooting clusters Downwards And it’s little hoods On slender stems Are modest Are delicate and frail Stoop and try to touch it’s petals When it suddenly can pale Into … Continue reading →

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A set pattern does not lead to a bright future

Posted on January 19, 2020 by Rex Tyler

It’s back to front It’s pure inversion An undermining Revolution The badger wild soul Sett in stone Stands his ground And though alone Takes on the arrogant farmer who Lies through his back teeth Nothings true When TB really is … Continue reading →

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Wickedness

Posted on January 18, 2020 by Rex Tyler

The wicked ways the slippery slope The iniquitous hanging from a rope The despicable criminality what is complete depravity The covetous the miscreants Humanity who sees the need To abuse their place in history And by so doing then succeed … Continue reading →

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Wild Hunters

Posted on January 11, 2020 by Rex Tyler

That kindly disposition That amiability A family with such closeness With wild ability Responsiveness and caring Chivalrous both be The great Mother behind them Overflowing empathy Up against pure cussedness The spitefulness of man Who calls himself a hunter Making … Continue reading →

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