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Spring
3:42pm Friday 25th July 2008
daffodils now flutter in the bitter easter wind buffeted by winter now that follows in their spring spindrift flecks of blossom waves cast bough by creaking limb presaging the summer snow the new ice-age will bring autumn chords division that tumescent distant haze with insect bite insistence nags fullness to decay winter sun is shining brings another brighter day by equinox and solstice rocked Gaia rules ok dashpoet 17/07/2008
Comments (0)Wasps
3:44pm Friday 25th July 2008
Wasps are different from hover flies Wasps are cruisin’ lookin’ for a bruisin’ whereas hover flies sip and skim in their gold and black skin searching for the next thing to alight on and delight in meanwhile............... bumble bees buzz by with business on their minds they go their humble bumbling way with bounty that they find dashpoet 17/07/2008
Winter
3:39pm Friday 25th July 2008
Between the evergreens Appears a sharp white contrast Winter had arrived.
From Jennifer Kersey
3:23pm Friday 25th July 2008
KNIGHTHOOD’S abound - ‘Sirs, Dames, OBE’s and MBE’s - names never ending, in the Monarchs New Year honours list, many knees now are a’bending.
From Mrs Mee
3:25pm Friday 25th July 2008
WHAT is it? IT stands on the Greensward - a magnificent sight, Especially when it’s lit up at night!
the beach is quiet now
3:29pm Friday 25th July 2008
The beach is quiet now, Now they have gone- To hibernate in their towns and cities.
ambling
3:30pm Friday 25th July 2008
sense of time sense of place changing climes shifting awareness of presence and space
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Shannon's mum charged with kidnap
Updated 8:07pm Friday 5th September 2008
The mother of schoolgirl Shannon Matthews, who went missing for 24 days earlier this year, has been charged with her kidnap and false imprisonment, a court heard.
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