Exeter Racecourse

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Swallows hug the turf

darting with great precision

past rails and fences.

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by Scooj

Girl with a pierced eardrum

 

Serenely you gaze

across the floating harbour

when you catch my eye.

 

by Scooj

 

Photograph taken with a compact zoom from the other side of the floating harbour. Street art by Banksy.

It really has been rather lovely weather

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When it rains again

we’ll forget these sunny days;

fickle memory.

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by Scooj

Sunday tea time

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Winding down, take five,

time out from a busy day;

cup of tea, bench, sun.

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by Scooj

Fledgling fodder

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A convulsing mass

of tiny caterpillars;

great peril awaits.

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by Scooj

Clothes moths

 

Unwelcome hatch of

malevolent marauders

chomping through my clothes.

 

by Scooj

Rose chafer

 

Emerald thunder

crashing through the shrubbery

sweet sound of summer.

 

by Scooj

Fly catcher

 

Bounding through long grass

ear tips and tail mark the way

Ruben out hunting.

 

by Scooj

Catches me out every time

 

A daily hazard

on entering the greenhouse,

gossamer garotte.

 

by Scooj

Marc Almond

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A retiring chap

I dance with my pen; others

dance to tainted love.

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by Scooj