When I first heard the call of the green woodpecker, I really did
think it was someones laughter. Such an amazing bird, and probably
under-appreciated. woodpeckers in general are ones not wiely seen, yet
they still persist.
Friends of mine in Cambridge told me about a manager who bought a
house outside Ely and got them to tend his garden. "Oh, I see you've
got a heron" says my friend. "Ah, I thought that was a statute", came
the reply. " That be why you ain't got any frogs", explained my
friend.
Roger
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 1:19 PM, David Bircumshaw
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> And wait you might well, Roger. Herons give me the willies, so
> beautiful, yet so chillingly killing machines. Crows I can get on
> with, they're smart, and one can almost imagine having a conversation
> with one, it would be on the lines of 'piss off mate, I was here
> first', from the crow.
>
> But, as one says the drunk Oirishman in the pub, get away with that,
> to be sure.
>
> 2008/8/27 Roger Day <[log in to unmask]>:
>> amongst the magpies and jackdaws
>> digging for worms in the wet earth
>> a leap to the tree
>> a green flash
>> a blue cap
>> I wait for laughter
>>
>> --
>> My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/
>> "I began to warm and chill
>> to objects and their fields"
>> Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
>>
>
>
>
> --
> David Bircumshaw
> Website and A Chide's Alphabet http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/
> The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
> Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk
>
--
My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/
"I began to warm and chill
to objects and their fields"
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
|