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Herbs of an Older Grace
I use herbs a lot, and I relish their names. There’s one that doesn’t appear in this poem but has a particularly lovely name: mignonette.It’s definitely an old-fashioned herb, my mother grew it but I’ve not seen it anywhere since … Continue reading
I Know a Bank
It’s the time of year when wildflowers appear along verges, in thickets, under hedges, all over the fields … the earth in all its glory … I KNOW A BANK where wild thyme tosses clouds of perfume trumpets of morning … Continue reading
Spring Comes
Easter has come: we’ve eaten chocolate rabbits and eggs (possibly too many), and the real things are there, complete with flowers and, hopefully, blue skies … THE SEASON CHANGES in clouds of blossom through green spears that pierce dark soil … Continue reading
Lucerne Street Notebook
I’ve been remembering the village I grew up in on the North Downs of Kent, walking up the road, re-visiting each house that I pass. I’ve used the old spelling of the village, which changed while I was in my … Continue reading
The Casual Garden
I’m busy planning my garden; I’m not a formal gardener, tulips don’t suit me as they stand too straight, like guardsmen, and always seem to be planted in rigid rows. So, give me winding paths, flowers casually grown, and the … Continue reading
Weather or Not
No matter what the sky does, fog, rain, snow, or cloud, the earth turns and we have another day with its dark times and then its bursts of incredible joy … WEATHER OR NOT I take rain from cupped leaves … Continue reading
Too Much
After a very long grey, wet, winter, spring came up with speed, and then June burst into flower all over the place … A A TOO MUCH June woke up three weeks ago spread a cacophony of roses over the … Continue reading
4 Artefacts senryu
When we travel we seem to see so many old buildings, castles, churches, houses, or artefacts out in the open. It’s fascinating to see how they are placed, what happens around or in them, whether flocks of birds, or waving … Continue reading
Spring is Sprung
Finally. Spring is here, a month late. I’m going to be in the garden as much as possible for the next week. Weeds are running rampant and I want to get the veggie garden in. So much to do, but … Continue reading
Song of Mary Magdalene
Easter Sunday coming up. But we have to get through the pain and grief of Good Friday first. It may not be the Christian Good Friday but we all go through suffering and pain at some time or other in … Continue reading
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