Tag Archives: Robin

Robin in the Fig Tree

December 22, 2021Christmas, nature, poem, PoetryChristmas, nature, poem, poetry, Robin, wildlifeThe Cheesesellers Wife

What are the words?
Bright, cheery red, bob-bob-bobbing?
My Robin has read Ted Hughes
he pulls worms fighting from the stiff soil
terrorises chickens, birds a hundred times his size
fights to the death for territory.
He is now lurking in our small unproductive Fig tree
that leans awkwardly out of a fake ceramic tub.
The pigeons by the pond look uneasy.

Robin in the fig tree

December 22, 2018humour, poem, Poetry, Wild lifeChristmas, poem, poetry, Robin, XmasThe Cheesesellers Wife

What are the words?
Bright, cheery red, bob-bob-bobbing?
My Robin has read Ted Hughes
He pulls worms fighting from the stiff soil
Terrorises chickens, birds a hundred times his size
Fights to the death for territory
He is now lurking in our small unproductive Fig tree
That leans awkwardly out of a fake ceramic tub
The pigeons by the pond look uneasy

re-blogged from 2016…… a sort of Christmassy poem……

Robin in the fig tree

December 17, 2016beauty, Chickens, Christmas, garden, Life, love, nature, Poetry, Wild life, winterbeauty, Carol, chickens, Christmas, Fig tree, garden, hens, Holidays, Life, nature, philosophy, Pidgeon, poem, poetry, Robin, Ted Hughes, tree, Wild birds, winter, XmasThe Cheesesellers Wife

Robin in the fig tree