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Home Aroma Fresh-cut flowers in a cut-glass vase, sending out a scent that will last for hours: a primrose, buttercup, ‘Spring’s up, freshen-up!’ scent to put a spring in your toes: Lilliput powers!
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February February’s in limbo, spring still on the way, and winter oh, so slow to go… or is it here to stay? Or, to be more positive: Anticipating Eggs are opening; hives are opening; dens are opening; doors are opening; wings are opening; eyes are opening; beaks are opening; jaws are opening: spring is opening.…
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Here are some of my snow poems to add to the fun, beauty, chill, misery… It’s a mixed assortment for a mix of browsers – kids, teachers, would-be-gardeners, and anyone snowed-up and fed-up. Scroll down to find one to suit (hopefully!). Below the Snow Still, white, winter world; beneath it sleepers, tightly curled. Thick,…
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Poems for January 2013 This poem may pop up in my ‘Dragon’ workshops this term. Dragon in the sky (to be published in The School Magazine, Australia) The tip of a spike, the point of a claw, the flash of a flame: that’s all I saw. Smoke from a fire: that’s all…
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STOP PRESS! A certain dog sends Christmas wishes – click for link. Presenting my Plum Pudding Set my plum pud on the table. Now to light it – if I’m able. Strike a flame, but nowt will come –‘cept for pain and one burnt thumb. Count to three for second go… no, not even…
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Remember, Remember, the Thrill of December! There’s nothing like a chill, blue sky, a wispy, crispy, crystal sky, to make you skip! There’s nothing like a winter tree, a feather-fine, weather-defying, ballerina tree, to make you skip! There’s nothing like a frozen lake, a mirroring, quivering, shivering lake, to make you skip! There’s nothing like…
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Two poems for younger readers: My Town at Night At night my town turns into other things: fireflies, fishes’ eyes, gold and silver crowns, bracelets, amulets, a wizard’s glinting gown, the moonlit threads of spiders’ webs stretched across the ground… but next day it’s always just the same old town. Published in The School Magazine,…
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This month’s poems are for children… Recipe for Autumn Mix: A tree-top of treasure – bronze, brass and gold – To light up the twilight and keep out the cold A fistful of fog (but how to get through?) An owl’s eye of eeriness – twit-tu-wit-woo! A skyful of swallows (but where do they…
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Actually it’s two poems, both from my book, Wildlife Poems: While Gales Push Beneath the bush lies a lump of a toad, slumped in slumber, safely stowed in leaf-green skin and leaf-mould shawl, as the gusts begin and the cold rains fall. While gales push and water streams, the toad in his bush-stump dreams. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~…
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What has Britain got? For wild, go to Africa and trek its tough terrain; for ski-slopes go to Switzerland; for sunshine go to Spain. India has palaces; Hong Kong, a shopping chain. Sweden’s good for planks of wood – Ikea keeps us sane! Bemuda offers sun-soaked fun; Hawaii’ll entertain, or have a nice day in…
Kate Williams 