Tag Archives: dawn chorus

West London, 1970s

November 16, 2022Life, London, memory, poem, Poetrydawn chorus, Life, London, memories, nature, poem, poetryThe Cheesesellers Wife

Every morning the Tube
trains sparked their way across points and
through grubby fields
off to plunge deep into London

Every morning, a deafening of birds
massive dawn chorus
rambunctious, full, above all loud
louder that the traffic on an infant A40

Every morning, the sound of garage doors opening
bicycles and mopeds eased quietly out
Fathers heading off to shifts
in the factories two miles south

then back to sleep, to dream
teenage longings
waiting for the alarm
and the rush to school

Dawn Chorus

October 22, 2022Life, poem, Poetry, Wild lifedawn, dawn chorus, Life, poem, poetry, Wild birds, wildlifeThe Cheesesellers Wife

They begin in the dark
as do we all
waking from warmth blinking

Their first and best songs
slashing concealment
in defiance of the night

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Chorus

August 12, 2020Life, nature, poem, Poetry, Wild lifebirdsong, dawn, dawn chorus, poem, poetry, Wild birds, Wild lifeThe Cheesesellers Wife

Serenading light’s rising,
waking at a first feeble glimmer
creeping from the east.
Each bird a separate voice
whole body singing from tails depth.
Performing a duty since the original melodious call
heralding dawns radiance
thankful for a daily miracle.
Worshipping warmth’s return
and the new day.

It’s in the stars

September 28, 2019Life, nature, poem, Poetry, weather, Wild lifeclimate change, dawn chorus, environment, global warming, hope, poem, poetry, starsThe Cheesesellers Wife

On a freezing cold night
we wait for the stars
but clouds have stolen them
just as the songbirds are now gone at dawn
so the stars hide from our death spilling lives

As the planet warms
nature shuns us
and hope is lost

Chorus

July 28, 2018beauty, Life, nature, Poetry, Wild lifedawn, dawn chorus, poem, poetryThe Cheesesellers Wife