nature – Poetry for Dullards

The land of a thousand sylphs

This poem was inspired by the clouds of butterflies that danced about us on a recent hike in Wiltshire. It felt like we were blessed to be amongst them. The land of a thousand sylphs We walked in the land of a thousand sylphs Down pathways forged as old as time Their wings spread widely,Continue reading “The land of a thousand sylphs”

The hike

This is the first part of a longer poem that I am working on but it’s not quite perfect yet. I hope you like it. The hike The silence is pure, golden Looking around, I am the only human being in existence and I can see for miles. The grasses sway, gently hushed. Not evenContinue reading “The hike”

Blending in

After lunch, whilst sipping my regular tea, I flicked through pages of social media and chanced upon a picture of a vietnamese mossy frog And boy did he look mossy, gnarly, plush and green I pondered how efficiently he’d blend into the woodlands and the trees How only the black dots of his eyes mayContinue reading “Blending in”