I also checked up on the lambs which are now about two weeks old
I was at the farm for the third in the Pet Lodge Lectures Series, which today was a fascinating presentation on companion animals in Renaissance Italy, from Dr Sarah Cockram of the University of Edinburgh. Joining us at the lecture were several tiny chicks.
Sunshine pours into the greenhouse,
a chick flutters its eyelids,
twitters softly and snuggles down
in the warmth of my hand.
Chicks in hand,
the audience settles to listen
to a lecture on lap dogs
and ladies who keep kittens
in their sleeves.
A break in the talk while one restive chick
is removed to its heat box
where it cheeps and cheeps
until the other chicks are gathered together
and back by its side.
Write an essay on the importance of touch and warmth
in the human - companion animal relationship.
My hands were too busy with the chick to take notes.
for NaPoWriMo and co-incidentally fitting the Twitter prompt of the day from Toasted Cheese.
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sweet babies.
ReplyDeleteLove the little lambs! And your poem on the chicks is sweet! Enjoy your week!
ReplyDeleteOh how darling!
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Touch and warmth and indeed vitally important in the human relationship Juliet - couldn't agree more.
ReplyDeleteAwww how cute are they?xx Rachel
ReplyDeleteAh wow, that's just gorgeous. Sounds like a really interesting lecture topic, as well.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the vivid account in this post - and the part about warm contact, the need for it, struck me most. I read recently about 'skin hunger' - the loneliness and lack of affectionate touching that some people suffer from. That warmth and closeness is necessary.
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