I can’t help it
I just jump for joy
I am Nature’s answer
To camouflage
(Or lack of it)
Fluorescent green
Red eyes
Orange feet
You won’t miss me
But you won’t
Eat me either
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The view from a leaf
Is of ribs and spine
The curl
As if of a rib cage
And a herd of deer
Silhouetted beyond
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You steer our course
Straight and true
Through the eddies and currents
And I will use
All my skill and strength
To toss our nets
Into the waters
To catch fish for our families
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Moss on stone
Autumn leaves on forest floor
Vibrant green
Over chestnut brown
I can almost hear
The crunch
And crackle
Of dead leaves
Underfoot
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The first time we saw a fire
We were astonished
The crackle
The hiss
The colour
The strangeness of it
…But then we discovered
HEAT!

All about me
Is black and white
An exercise
In monochrome
Except for
This fragile purple leaf

The first time we saw a fire
We were astonished
The crackle
The hiss
The colour
The strangeness of it
…But then we discovered
HEAT!

Simple
Yet complex
An exercise
In elegance
A stairway
That unfolds organically
A stairwell that seems
To gently enfold you
As you take each step

Gondolas
The Grand Canal
Elegant alleys
To lose yourself in
But not for long
Buildings that cluster
And hang over the water
Doorways
That can only be reached by boat
This can only be
Venice

To raise money for charity
We entered a run
We aren’t very fit
But thought it quite fun
And boy were we right
It was a laugh all the way
And we made loads of friends
In the course of the day
Why such a blast?
I’ll tell you, because
All of us had to go dressed
Up as a Santa Claus!