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Disrobed in an English winter

All the complicated details of the attiring and the disattiring are completed! – from Winter Trees by William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) read more Heron Island, St Albans, December 2016   […]

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Jolly holly tree

Blow, blow, thou winter wind, … Heigh-ho! sing, heigh-ho! unto the green holly: Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly: Then, heigh-ho, the holly! This life is most jolly. […]

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Four Trees

Four Trees — upon a solitary Acre — Without Design Or Order, or Apparent Action — Maintain — – from Four Trees upon a solitary acre by Emily Dickinson read […]
Four Trees

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The dell’s repose

And the voice of the peaceful valley Mixed with the billow’s song! “Stay in the wood’s embraces! Stay in the dell’s repose!” – from Down in the dell I wandered […]

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Autumn’s trees

O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn’s being, Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing … – from Ode to […]

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Scallop shells

St Albans, Hertfordshire, January 2021 I don’t know exactly why there are scallop shells embedded in the walls close to St Albans Cathedral, but I have a couple of theories. […]