January 15, 2023
by Jem Croucher
7 of 10 in the ‘Brittle 23’ series
Bereft of foliage great trees stand
proudly gracing England’s land
There amongst the winter green
the rolling landscape clearly seen
And pausing here before this view
we are completely thrilled anew
This is England where we live
where nature has so much to give
And we feel a peace when in this place
bequeathed to us by simple grace
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October 27, 2022
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By Charles Robert Lindholm
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October 26, 2022
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October 11, 2022
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October 10, 2022
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Butterflies
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August 30, 2022
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August 26, 2022
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July 24, 2022
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July 22, 2022
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July 16, 2022
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July 12, 2022
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July 1, 2022
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May 27, 2022
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May 19, 2022
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May 16, 2022
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June 23, 2021
by Jem Croucher
Got a Sussex Trug on Father's day
an antique one as well
it really is quite beautiful
and though not keen to dwell
it's something I have wanted
for as long as I recall
something made in Sussex
and from local wood and all
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April 12, 2021
by Jem Croucher
8 of 12 in ‘The Spring 21’ series from Jemverse
The clematis against the fence
of the allotment in Ham Field
has many words which may describe
the beauty here revealed
But I’ll keep it nice and simple
the best way here I think
and simply say in these eight lines
perfection’s here in pink
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February 13, 2021
by Jem Croucher
It’s magical this snow-cast light
the icing sugar dust
as slowly things are covered
and capture it I must
Iron-chill the Northern blast
makes minus five feel raw
yet still the child within me yearns
for snow on snow and more
Househound here the nation wanes
to bleak midwinter flow
But doesn’t really mind because
there’s nowhere else to go
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January 27, 2021
by Jem Croucher
Emily Kame Kngwarreye
loved colour with a passion
with acrylic paint to canvas
like it was going out of fashion
and in eight years to an end of life
she captured there ‘the dreaming’
three thousand plus enlightenments
and each with hidden meaning
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January 23, 2021
by Jem Croucher
Silhouetted in the sun
the tree in centre field
stands proud of the water
and looks out to the Weald
And out here east of Steyning
on this lovely winter day
I felt so glad to be alive
I shouted loud ‘hooray’!
Life is made for moments
like this, singular and free
especially when confronted by
the beauty of a tree
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January 17, 2021
by Jem Croucher
The teasels through the fence
had had a frosting overnight
and now in three-tree field
they were caught in pale sunlight
And as the sheep in lower field
paused and looked so I did too
to gaze upon this wonder
well, you would now, wouldn’t you?
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January 12, 2021
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By Charles Robert Lindholm
To a woman of beauty,
with a mischievous smile
and a seductive pose
with words that thrill me
in poems and prose”
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December 15, 2020
by Jem Croucher
The teezles look to fields beyond
lacklustre yet still fine
whilst sheep in woolly jumpers
graze the green on which they dine
Winter shrugs its shoulders
resolute to Nature’s hand
as hibernating creatures rest
in England’s pleasant land
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December 13, 2020
by Jem Croucher
Reflection the raindrop
there in the field
where gathered water falls
and, caught in a moment
with a tear in my eye
I am enamoured as
Mother Nature’s beauty calls
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December 5, 2020
by Jem Croucher
Night clouds in December sky
hide the moon as it floats by
eliciting from me a sigh
at its beauty here
Pausing here to look up high
my eyes they really can’t stay dry
as tears of joy I freely cry
for its beauty here
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November 8, 2020
by Jem Croucher
In the churchyard there’s a tree
which is golden at this time
particularly lovely when
on days like this it’s fine
I’m thinking it is magical
with a secret proud to share
showing off its wonder here
to all who stop and stare
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October 21, 2020
by Jem Croucher
Virginia creeper spreading red
seen through barbed wire there
quite stunning in its beauty
that I simply had to share
Raw though still it touched a nerve
with something more unkinder
stark against reality
in contrast a reminder
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June 28, 2020
by A. L. O'Prunty
~ What She Loved
Was the purity in the lily
Graceful petals
Reaching heaven bound
As porcelain arms in praise
And the twisting winding roses
Traveling the trellis
Scaling the distance
Between roo
t and also heaven bound
Permeating her world,
Her waters seeping sensual oils
Then the wildness of the tiger lily
Growing wild and free
Surviving without tending
The tender touch
of the gardeners hands
Not required,
still exotic the pulsating petals
And the bleeding hearts
Delicate, dainty
drops of colors fused
And the reality represented in the name;
All hearts bleed,
broken by love lacking
Neglected,
fragile petals drop as tears falling
What she loved was beauty
Beauty, in all forms, fashions
And on bended knee
She, the gardener
Singing her songs of praise
In her own garden of delights
.O’Prunty ©6/28/15***Mother loved symbolism.
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