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After days of rain
swollen beck roars to the Aire
once powering mills
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by Scooj
Tag: West Yorkshire
Asian Lady Beetle
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Deep flower border
swirling sea of green and pink
and a large ladybird
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Walled garden
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Enclosed assembly
hums rhubarb, rhubarb, rhubarb
pollinators buzz
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Graze
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England’s lush pastures
pocked with solitary trees
grazed and flat-bottomed
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Common blue damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum)
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My poor failing eyes
so slow to settle on the
slender blue beauty
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Ramada nights
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Hotel car park sounds
distant hum of motorway
car music booming
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Leeds
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My ancestral home
a place where spelling my name
isn’t a problem
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- My surname is from West Yorkshire, and it is such a refreshing pleasure not to have to spell it out when checking in to hotels, or confirming restaurant bookings etc. It is not a common name in the south.
Shipley Glen
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High above Saltaire
where Victorians played
wildlife thrives in peace
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Sand Martin
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Deep in Leeds centre
sand martins sound their return
railway arches sing
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by Scooj
Natural adventures 