Category: Nature
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Ivy Giles’ Animals
A nonsense rhyme for Wednesday: Ivy Giles is the farmer’s wifeOr was, as the case may beFor when she was in her human lifeIt was Seventeen Sixty-Three Patience, her faithful dogHad a loud and ferocious barkAnd Silas, her trusty mogHad an aversion to the dark She had a pig named Primrose BlueWho didn’t like the…
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The Spirit of the Tree Reappears
I’m watching you almost every dayI listen to every word you sayYou hear me rustle as you walk on byWhen it rains, I can keep you dryI do not move as I’m everywhereSee a tree ~ and I’m thereLook through the leaves ~ see the spaceThen notice the smile upon my faceI will always smile…
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Summer Storms
The air’s thicker… hotter… stickierThe sunlight is just getting through…Surreal darkness fills the afternoonAs the weather chooses what to do.The wind is slight and welcomeAlthough the breeze is hardly thereThe trees are braced, the birds hidden,They know what’s in the air.A distant rumble… A flash of lightAnd the sky is hiddenAs though it’s night.Thunder booms…
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The Open Sky
The crisp white clouds made the solid appearance of the blue sky even more striking. The rooftops on the hillside seemed to make the sky appear higher, further away, if that could be possible. The roads, pathways, walkways, gardens, steps and streams below seemed to be immediately within touching distance, they were so close, in…