I am 86 and a keen wildlife and nature poet and photographer
I live in Blyth on the North East coast of England
I also spend a lot of my time in Dumfries and Galloway where I lived
for 11 years after I retired from the building industry.
my poetry is quite broad, from birds, flowers, religion to boyhood memories
I also greatly admire the works of John Clare our greatest nature poet
I apologize for writing in rhyme as I believe that is the true basis of poetry
the rest to me are just short stories (how sad is that folks) these poems have been in a drawer for more than 12 years so I thought it was about time I shared them.
Best Regards
John (called Jack) Wren
It's a place where silence
has the loudest voice
from those who lie there
though not by choice
...
Sweetest of Isles I look at thee
nestled in yonder turbulent sea
shining like diamonds every day
guarding the entrance of the bay
...
Ribbon and tinsel, holly and berry
it's the festive season, time to make merry
there's cards and presents, snow on the ground
carols in church make an angelic sound.
...
Creeping merrily twix affable leaf
in search of her morning aperitif
this vision with the brightest of eye
smiles as she teases the Sun in the sky.
...
Wee sleek thrower of the soil
under the ground you're made to toil
on heaps of earth we see your stamp
on meadow and wood where're you camp
...