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autumn egg

 

Lying on the muddy grass

among curled leaves

a shell, new hatched,

the inner curve

faint veined.

It is October now

how can this be.

An egg in autumn?

 

Above the estuary

silver shafts

glance down.

A curlew trills.

And I feel empty

as an autumn egg.

 

 

◄ great north diver

pride and joy ►

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John Coopey

Mon 24th Oct 2011 16:08

It is your fault, Foxy!
You've got me all confusical about sighting otters locally (which I've been delighting in for the past year or so) with feeding them with thousands of pounds worth of fish!
The solution is this: when they've eaten the bleedin' lot I'll have to throw into the pond a fillet of haddock each night - that'll be much cheaper.

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Isobel

Mon 24th Oct 2011 09:55

Lovely poem Ann. I'd agree with all the comments particularly Rachels.

John Coopey - it serves you right for having a flash pond in your garden. I think I'd rather have an otter. I'd probably buy fish to feed to the otter.

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Ann Foxglove

Mon 24th Oct 2011 09:52

Thanks for that last comment John - I thought you were blaming me for a moment! Sorry about the poor fish:(

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John Coopey

Mon 24th Oct 2011 09:48

I'm a bit p*ssed off with Nature at the moment. I've got an otter or a mink getting into my garden pond. It's eaten its way through 70 fish, some of them specimen Koi carp. B*st*d, b*st*d otter. I set a rat-trap only to find it next morning half-way down the garden!
Rant over. (Nice poem).

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Dave Bradley

Sun 23rd Oct 2011 20:21

Enjoyed this, Ann. It's fascinating how things that are out of kilter in Nature resonate with us.

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Sun 23rd Oct 2011 16:08


This is such good writing Ann..out of place and time.. x :)

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Rachel Bond

Sun 23rd Oct 2011 00:01

i really enjoyed this. i know that empty egg feeling...i like the idea of the egg out of place and fragile, the mystery of it. like the silver light and the way that plays through the viens in the image. great x

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