Tag: outdoors
Posted on December 16, 2018
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The boy pulls my arm Look at this bubble! He cries, and sighs In delight. It sits, unharmed, on the rainy tarmac Wet and round and glossy A perfect hemisphere A ghostly fried egg imitator A final resting place With no predicted pop. It…
Category: childhood, mental health, poetry, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: bubbles, celebrations, childhood, christmas, fairs, festivals, loneliness, outdoors, parenting, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, writing
Posted on December 1, 2018
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This poem was written for Sue Dudley, one of the winners of a competition during the Pagan Federation Beltane Online Festival. Sue was happy for me to share the poem that she inspired. I just never got around to it until now! I am…
Category: Nature, pagan, poetry, Uncategorized, Witchcraft, writingTags: Beltane, competition, nature, online festival, outdoors, pagan, pagan federation, paganism, poetry, Wicca
Posted on October 21, 2018
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This is the kind of stuff you get if you sign up to be a patron of mine via Patreon.
Category: pagan, poetry, seasons, Uncategorized, writingTags: autumn, haiku, Leeds, moon, night, outdoors, photography, poetry, post hill, waxing gibbous, yorkshire
Posted on September 26, 2018
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I’m an autumn photography addict. I can’t help but get snap happy at this time of year. Colours leaps out at me from every angle and I want to capture it, hold it, cling onto it as if the fiery colours can actually warm…
Category: Nature, seasons, UncategorizedTags: autumn, colors, colours, fall, maple, nature, outdoors, photography, seasons, sun, trees, wednesday
Posted on June 28, 2018
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Summer walks with the children.
Category: childhood, Nature, UncategorizedTags: children, hiking, insects, ladybirds, nature, nature photography, outdoors, parenting, photography, seasons, summer, walking, wildlife
Posted on June 3, 2018
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When the sun doesn’t rise Majestically over The horizon But diffuses through cloud Like milk spilling Through ink When bird song sends Rain shivering Onto sodden paths When the moon has fizzled damply And stars have sighed and left Without saying goodbye When night…
Category: mental health, Nature, poetry, Uncategorized, writingTags: dawn, day, Depression, mental health, morning, nature, night, outdoors, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, poets, writing
Posted on May 14, 2018
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What a lovely weekend. I was honoured to be a part of the Online Beltane Music Festival, run by the Pagan Federation Disabilities Team, and really enjoyed seeing the other speakers and performers and interacting with the guests. For those who can’t get out…
Category: health, mental health, Music, Nature, pagan, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: disabilities, flowers, health, hiking, Leeds, mental health, monday blogs, nature, nature walk, Online Beltane Music Festival, outdoors, pagan, pagan federation, photography, post hill, pudsey, Robert Frost, spring, stream, summer, trees, walking, woods, writing, yorkshire
Posted on April 30, 2018
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I place my ear gently to the golden trumpet What secrets do you hold? I heard you whispering Just as you called to Persephone Am I distracted by your beauty Waiting for Hades to snatch me away Or am I the kidnapper Of my…
Category: mental health, Nature, poetry, seasons, Uncategorized, writingTags: anxiety, Depression, GloPoWriMo, GloPoWriMo 2018, mental health, monday blogs, napowrimo, NaPoWriMo 2018, nature, outdoors, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, poets, seasons, spirituality, spring, writing
Posted on April 30, 2018
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Swirling shroud A watery veil Like tired eyes; A crazed wail Cracks through the cloud Of foggy fear The eyes alive As shapes appear Looming, lunging Awkwardly Towards a shuddering Effigy Of something that used To be alive Now lost in the mist Struggling…
Category: health, mental health, observation, poetry, science fiction, society, writingTags: fantasy, fear, fog, GloPoWriMo, GloPoWriMo 2018, horror, mist, monday blogs, napowrimo, NaPoWriMo 2018, outdoors, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, poets, writing
Posted on April 30, 2018
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White treasure, petals bright Fall from high to small Hands and fingers, softly lands Adoration; springtime’s call.
Category: childhood, Nature, poetry, Uncategorized, writingTags: gardening, GloPoWriMo, GloPoWriMo 2018, mabh savage, monday blogs, napowrimo, NaPoWriMo 2018, nature, outdoors, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, poets, seasons, spring, writing
Posted on April 28, 2018
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Waves of pleasure Olfactory lust Nasal pollination Vernal must Musky, heady Trance inducing Moving, ready, Rain drops sluicing Founts of heaven Sensation heavy Petrichor bomb Blossom so heady The smell of spring The scented air The cherry, apple Plum and pear Hawthorn coming Spikes…
Category: Nature, poetry, seasons, Uncategorized, writingTags: animals, blossom, flowers, gardening, GloPoWriMo, GloPoWriMo 2018, napowrimo, NaPoWriMo 2018, nature, outdoors, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, poets, seasons, spring, writing
Posted on April 28, 2018
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Waiting by the ocean Waiting by the shore Clouds are hanging, cloaking Sunlight, grey and raw. Beach lies glinting wetly Tide breaks like a sigh Pebbles crackling, crunching ‘Neath the slate tile sky Winkles, whelks and starfish Rays and sprays and gulls Bladderwrack and…
Category: Nature, observation, pagan, poetry, seasons, Uncategorized, writingTags: beach, GloPoWriMo, GloPoWriMo 2018, napowrimo, NaPoWriMo 2018, nature, ocean, outdoors, pagan, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, poets, sea, seaside, seasons, shore, spring, wildlife, writing, yorkshire
