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On Leckhampton Hill
at home in limestone grassland
delicate orchid
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Common Spotted Orchid
Tag: Poetry
Helman Tor
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A rocky outcrop
drops to wet willow woodland
wind turbines turning
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A welcome to England’s newest National Nature Reserve – Mid Cornwall Moors NNR
Posy
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Acerbic at times
more often a loving heart
my favourite aunt
.
don’t tell the other ones though
I’ll miss you so very much
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by Scooj
Birdsong
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Warm sunny May day
a day-long birdsong chorus
nothing else matters
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My singing heart
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Swifts circle the air
screeching fair their arrival
for now all is well
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Champions
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Twenty-two long years
monkey on our back climbs down
no longer bridesmaids
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- on my beloved Arsenal Football Club at last becoming English Premier League champions again, and on the back of finishing second for the last three years.
Smooth Carrion-Beetle
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Off at a canter
from one edge to the other
pathway exposure
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Sleek
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New kid on the block
both wary and curious
beware of the dog!
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Rose Chafer (Cetonia aurata)
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Bottle-green chafer
exotic spring harbinger
iridescent sheen
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Ruffle
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Smooth laminar flow
a heron ruffles feathers
pre-hunt ritual
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Natural adventures 