Alagoas foliage-gleaner. Alagoas curassow. Aldabra brush warbler. Aguiguan reed warbler. Alaotra grebe. Amirante turtle-dove. Arabian ostrich. Atitlán grebe. Bachman’s warblers.… Read more Bird song I will never hear in the wild*
Tag: Poems
Wilderness Walk at Towerland, Langeberg Mountains
It is this again, legs and body screaming ready to give up because it too hard and my belly feels… Read more Wilderness Walk at Towerland, Langeberg Mountains
Week Ten: Poems I like
I like poems that are short, that are quick to delivery their message/insight. The poem this week is not a… Read more Week Ten: Poems I like
Week Nine: Poems I like
I learnt a new poetry word this week: anaphora. Anaphora is the ‘repetition of a word or words at the… Read more Week Nine: Poems I like
Week Eight: Poems I Like
Karen Solie’s poetry is gritty and written with a directness and a clear eye on human life and failings. Her… Read more Week Eight: Poems I Like
Week Seven: Poems I Like
Sometimes it is difficult to put into words why I like a poem. This is one of those poems. Its… Read more Week Seven: Poems I Like
Week Six: Poems I Like
The poems that I enjoy reading at the moment are poems that extend us as human beings, that help us to… Read more Week Six: Poems I Like
Week Five: Poems I like
The poem this week highlights that there is no separation between people, even when we think there is. It asks… Read more Week Five: Poems I like
Week Four: Poems I like
This is another love/rejection poem – this time by British poet Julia Copus. More information and other poems by Copus… Read more Week Four: Poems I like
Week Two: Poems I Like
There are a number of poems by Marianne Boruch that I have listed in my inspiration collection. ‘The Doctor’ is… Read more Week Two: Poems I Like