Students! Stop your soaring! Come and perch by me.We are the true Sea Eagles and our Kingdom is the sea.The humans, whom we study, cannot leave the groundAnd travel far below us, often with much sound! Today, you’ll likely see, some boatloads cruising by,With tourists’ eyeballs peeled, our gyrations to espy,They are both proud and …
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Where are we going?
Each day, we read, how we’re, so smart We invent and make more things, So if we are, let’s play our part, Make sure the work no evil brings. Progress is the general call, Most has a value true, But equally our minds can be Blinded by the selfish view. Again it seems self-centred greed …
What did I see?
When we say “I saw it!”,Perhaps we ought to say,We glanced at an imageBefore we looked away.When you draw you really look,The right shape to defineAnd so with Nature, really lookThe great beauty there to find.So in your Explorations,Look underneath the stone,In between the grassesFor they are not aloneHundreds of little creaturesEach with a life …
The Venus Trap
Written to support Rachel, who has a blog for Nature lovers. Visit Naturetableexplorer.blog Oh Flies, beware, the Venus Trap, so versatile is she,Her ever open, scented cups, are beautiful to see.But hidden in their fond embrace, are trigger hairs that senseAny careless insect, that ventures to her scents. When lo, in seconds split, the trap …
My Favourite Place.
Now you, Dear Reader, may in truth suppose, That I will write of verdant pastures near, Of humming birds and scents of summer’s rose Or Nature’s beauty, or the fallow deer. But if this special place gives joy to me, To gain this joy, I must indeed be there, But not alone! I’m sure I’d …
George's Rhymes for the Times 