Blackbirds are notorious for being able to mimic the sounds they hear as they hop about the celestial chimney pots…
Two Lorries It's raining on black coal and warm wet ashes. There are tyre-marks in the yard, Agnew's old lorry…
Sleeping is one of the things cats do best. Which is lucky because it limits the number of minutes and…
An aubade is a poem or piece of music appropriate to the dawn or early morning. By the 1930's it was…
Moonlight What time the meanest brick and stone Take on a beauty not their own, And past the flaw of…
Abandoned Farmhouse He was a big man, says the size of his shoes on a pile of broken dishes by…
Britain declared war on Germany just after U.A. Fanthorpe's birthday in 1939. She was ten. Living in Kent she was…
In light of decision-making by executive order and the White House signing ceremonies that seem to exude smug gloating -…
Tides O patient shore, that canst not go to meet Thy love, the restless sea, how comfortest Thou all thy…
On the Fifth Day the scientists who studied the rivers were forbidden to speak or to study the rivers. The…