Nature poems

Rain - brrr

Polar bear at Bristol zoo is a sad poem recounting childhood memories of an insane polar bear removed from its natural environment

Slug is a poem about the wonder inherent in the humblest of Nature's creatures.

Feline Fandango A poem celebrating cats

Bat is a poem inspired by watching a lone bat flitting about suburbia and is a reflection on how Nature intrudes even into our concrete jungle.

Fire is a nature poem about the elemental force in the smallest of fires

On Silent Trees is a contemplative poem relaxing under trees and thinking back to past slights.

Eating Chestnuts brings back memories of hunting for chestnuts in the woods when I was a child.

Baby hedgehog remembers a special moment when a hedgehog emerged out of its hidden natural world in the summer dusk to eat our cats' food .

Sea is a Nature poem written as an exercise in word-play

We banished Nature is a dark poem about the eventual destruction of our planet.

Blackberries is all about going out into the woods and fields to gather blackberries as a child.