Haiku - Shelter

dark sky glowers

over endless heather -

one white-washed cottage.

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woven nest of sticks,

covered with lichen and moss -

four small eggs.

Shelter for One Deep Breath.

Decorated frame

I've finally got round to doing some more frames! I had bought several plain wooden frames and mirrors from a second hand shop, with the intention of decorating them, but have been slow to get round to it. (The labels on new Blogger that show Crafty Green Poet is more Green Poet than Crafty anything helped to motivate me here!). I've just glued patterns from a catalogue onto the plain wood, varnished it and and it looks quite nice. A pretty way to brighten up a plain frame!

Changing Seasons

first snowdrop -

the hope of spring

in winter.

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this winter

brightened every day

with blossom.

Changes for Poetry Thursday.

Playlist - Environmental Songs

Inspired partly by GeL's Tuesday Afternoon Tunes Idea and partly by an archive prompt from GPP Street Team, here is a list of 5 of the best environmental songs I could think of, with each artist being limited to one track.

1. World Falls - Indigo Girls

2. Timburetza Lingua - Ani di Franco

3. Giving it All Away - Hothouse Flowers

4. If a Tree Falls - Bruce Cockburn

5. Twyford Down - Galliano.

What are your favourite songs about the environment? I'll be doing future playlists in the future, specific environmental and related themes on this blog (There'll be some horses galloping along very soon, for example!) and other themes on my Alter Ego blog.

Fabulous Freecycle.....

I still really prefer to give things to charity because I like the thought of my things going straight to people in need or money being raised from my unwanted things to help a charity's vital work. Plus, it's easier to put small things in a bag and take them to the nearest charity shop, rather than make arrangements for pick up. But, for those awkward things that the charities 'can't pass on to their clients' or 'can't sell' in their shops (for us this has recently included some really nice shelving) Freecycle is fab! Advertise your things and people want them! Your junk finds a new home! Everyone's happy!

Haiku - Twilight, Dusk

sunset fades

to a memory -

blackbird song.

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rising moon caught

in empty black branches -

blue velvet sky.

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dusk haunts

the garden -

honeysuckle.

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cooler

after sunset -

cicadas.

Dusk / twilight for One Deep Breath

Proof of Spring in February

Let hope be the sound of blackbird song
pre-dawn when it still feels like winter

Let joy be crocuses, glowing yellow
against snow under empty trees

and if geese overhead are heralds
bringing Spring on their frosted wings

then when squirrel drinks from melt-water
in the crook of an old oak tree

it is proof that Spring will return
like a deer to the bluebell woods.

Proofs for Poetry Thursday.

Can we prove love? Find out on my Alter Ego blog here.