Tag: birds
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A deliberate poem – Brown Black Birds
I wrote this poem yesterday while sitting in my car in a car park in Cardiff. It took around 15 minutes to write and another 2 minutes to record after reading it through. The original text was not edited and neither was the recording, but I was tempted. Sometimes the raw unedited material has something […]
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An Ordinary Bloke writes about Vegans keeping Cats.
As a vegan of over twenty years and a vegetarian of more than twenty years before that, one of the questions that has always perplexed me is why do vegans like to share their lives with and look after cats, particularly rescue cats. Cats are obligate carnivores – they must eat meat, their physiology is […]
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Mid-October Blues
When the fallen leaves remind you that Summer’s gone And the days are getting short and the nights are getting long That’s the time to think about where you’re going to That’s the time to think about what you want to do The winter is coming, and with it a pause There’ll be time to […]
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Some birds and their poems
A few short poems about birds from my last poetry collection Blodyn Robin Pecking up the scraps of summer He comes hopping – and perching – in cute poses; Makes you wish you had a camera, ready. Pictures of Robins do well at Christmas. Jackdaw Where I live There are families of Black […]
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Busy Birds
Birds busy being Busy birds being Being busy birds Birds being busy Birds Being Busy Being Busy Birds Related Posts:A deliberate poem – Brown Black Birds
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Bird on a Wire – Part 2
Yesterday I wrote about a visit to Home Bargains and the painting I started work on with the materials I bought there. See Bird on a Wire – Part 1 for more I worked on the painting on and off yesterday and then finished it this morning in the cool February light. Here it is: […]
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Bird on a Wire – Part 1
The other day I was meandering around the aisles of Home Bargains when I came across this display of Hulk Hogans. They were large action figures, the picture doesn’t really show how big they are, but if you look behind them you can see a box of those long rolls of wrapping paper, that should […]