William Soutar 'A Dovecote'
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Categories:
dovecote, poems,
Form: Shape
to hold a seed
is to grasp all of life's meanings
beauty hides within
in an anticipated birth
that can unfold in any color
reach any height
array itself beneath the sun
drink freely of God's given light
grow to any shape
encompass a mountain
fill any meadow
uses any path
the world produces its transport
no distance is too great
to its fruition
and once life begins within
its sojourn has but one destiny
to make another seed
some may falter, life has chances
a roll of the dice
but the will of the majority
cannot fail their destiny
sitting on this bench
it is easy to see
the world is a wonder to behold
seeds will not be deterred
i know this fate intimately
every time i cup your cheek
gaze into your eyes
taste the dovecote of your lips
as butterflies pell-mell within me
i discovered where Earth wanted me
when that tumbleweed seed
came to rest at your feet
OKC 9/22
Categories:
dovecote, celebration, destiny,
Form: Romanticism
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Month of spring,where nature laugh,a new life bloom from the dovecote
AT beneath of fountain,where brook sing with every youthful note
Helpless,naked,piping loud ,the baby flap it wings so care free
Merry were they,sharing the song from each branches of tree
They cherish him warm and vow to bewith throughout livelong days
Then male took its flight on distance,seeking food on its ways
Evil eyes turn to it,a twing of bolt hits it head
Weigh his light wings on air,their his life slowly fade
Nothing remain ,in misty veil the bright cloud sailed away
With trembling limbs before rising sun,its death what he paid
That dewy morning,when meadows laugh with lively green cair
In silence closed his eyes full tears,mourning cries filled the air
Categories:
dovecote, birth, death,
Form: ABC
a dovecote delicacy
in verjuice salet
candied rose and violet
wild flower curd tart
olde world food art
cider wine
Fine !
Categories:
dovecote, food, nature, places
Form: Epulaeryu
candied rose & violets
in verjuice salet
a dovecote delicacy
wild flower curd tart
olde worlde food art
cider to
Start!
Categories:
dovecote, food
Form: Epulaeryu
Y’ take the foot from an old nylon stockin
an’ a piece of stiff wire about as long as this
and ybend it like this and keep stickin it in an out
All around the ankle part
Then yeh wind the ends ter getha like this
and stick it into the end of a bamboo stick
like this then wrap y’ string around it tight
a few times like this an there it is done.
Now we go down t’ Dovecote Park pond
not on the swan end coz they can
break yer legs wid der wings
An y’ stick the net in the water by the weeds
an when a jacksharp swims by
bring it up under im opsit ter where he’s goin
an gerrim out an inter y’ jar quickly
Don’t put too much water innit coz they jump out
An don’t let no one borrer y’ net
coz they’ll run away wivvit!
If there’s no jacksharps we’ll get
some frog jelly eggs
There’s a Punch n Judy show on later
We can watch it from the tree
Categories:
dovecote, children, water, water,
Form: Bio