The Wren’s Nest - by
The Robin cam to the wren’s nest
And keekit in and keekit in.
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Wild Animals - by
I like a mouseWhen he’s not in my house,And a ratWhen he goes nibble, nibble, like that.I like a mole; he’s a kind little soul,And a stoatWith a smudge like snow on his throat.I like a shrewWith his nose in the dew,And a hare,For he leaps and runs everywhere;I like a foxWith his little white […]
Encroachment - by
The squirrel sliding down my scullery wall
/ Frightening feeding birds with bold impunity
/ The field mouse waiting for their scraps to…
Cracking the Code - by
When we feed nuts
/ to the squirrel
/ at our back door
/ he seems remarkably clever
/ to come back for more.
/ Yet if, after day one,
/ he…
Visiting the Animal - by
I press my face against the glass
/ and there he is:
/ the recognition is complete
/ my way at least. The padded
/ luxury of his…
from The Cherrie and The Slae - by
About ane bank, where birds on bewis
/ Ten thousand times their notis renewis
/ Ilk hour into the day,
/ The…
Hyena - by
I am waiting for you.
/ I have been travelling all morning through the bush
/ and not eaten.
/ I am lying at the edge…
Beaver - by
Eident indwaller o that wilderness
/ Reddin and guidin it fir your domain:
/ Smaa pioneer,…
The Wildcat - by
Today I saw a wildcat. Up the brae,
/ you’d think, in Landseer-painted, gloaming glen
/ or on some moor where tweeded gentlemen
/ sip…
The Mating of Dinosaurs - by
Tenderness is mandatory.
/ Careless lurches may draw blood,
/ enthusiasms leave abrasions,
/ excessive ardour has been known
/ to snap off spinal plates.
/
/ There is the constant…
Kõige Ilvem Maa - by
Ülemöödunud aastasajal panid hundid siin
/ igal aastal nahka kaks tuhat viissada inimest.
/
/ Naisedki kandsid vöö vahel väikesi kirveid.
/ Nad alid niisama täpsed kirveloopijad
/ kui…
Taboo - by
You want to look on the lea-side
/ in winter, the swamp thickening
/ like the uterine wall,
/ popping its puffballs
/ and creaming its butterwort,
/ folding in…