Remembrance Day.

Proud to know that the Royal Navy and Royal Marine Barrack's at Plymouth used my poem 'War Horse' at their Remembrance Service
for Horses of the First World War, on Saturday 11th November.

Only three days to go to that exciting bonfire night.  How well I remember making a guy, helping to build a bonfire, and watching those magical fireworks lighting up a dark sky! 

Here is one poem about bonfires........ but do visit my website:  www.brendawilliamspoet.co.uk for two more bonfire night poems called
'Bang! Crack!' and 'Bonfire Night'.

 

                     Crackle! Splutter! Sizzle!

Crackle

says the bonfire

Glowing very bright

Crackle, crackle crackle

I am lighting up

the night.

 

Splutter

says the garden fire

burning up damp leaves

Splutter, splutter, splutter

I am smoking through

 the trees.

 

Sizzle

 say the sausages

I am on the barbecue

Sizzle, sizzle sizzle

I’ve a sausage here

 for you!

 

© Brenda Williams 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a lovely golden time of year.  The fields around are harvested, and   giant rolls of hay decorate the landscape.  It is beautiful. 

Here is a poem to give thanks for Autumn days and harvest.

A Harvest Prayer

 

Thank you for the harvest 

When fruit and berries grow. 

Thank you for the ripening corn 

Planted long ago.

 

 

Thank you for the autumn 

And a warm and sunny day. 

Thank you for the harvest 

And crops to store away. 

 

Thank you for the sugar beet  

And fields of new mown hay 

To feed the cows and horses, 

When winter comes to stay.

 

                                                                ©Brenda Williams

 

 

 

Mysterious Moon

I have no excuse for including this poem, except that it is one of my poems which I really love.

Mysterious Moon

 

Each day,

a sleeping beauty

You hide away

and rest.

But now when dusk descends

and birds go silent in their nest,

 

You in your silver chariot,

Rise to ride the inky blackness that is space

and

Kissed by sunlight, show the brilliance of your face.

 

Each night

a lighthouse on the sea,

You light the way

and show

Your fragile secret shadows

on the drowsing earth below.

 

You, with stars in shimmering parade

Flood the world with wonder at the mystery you seem,

as

People tell you secrets and whisper all their dreams.

 

Each month

You tug the tides each way

 until from curving crescent

on the wane

You fill the stage of heaven

as you reach full moon again.

 

You, with your watchful, silent gaze

Have circled earth since it began

You

Are the only other planet who has known the tread of man.

 

                                      ©Brenda Williams

 

 

 

World Environment Day

World Environment Day for 2017 is on 5th June.

A lovely walk along the canal revealed two Canada Geese guarding their seven babies, and then a heron, standing on the path before me, slowly rose and flew gracefully by, like a pre-historic creature from long ago.  Which reminded me of all the natural beauty of our environment.  Here are some poems to reflect on.

               Images of elephants 

Silent elephants

In the dusty Savannah

Weeping together

For the loss of their leader

Killed for her ivory tusks 

…………………………….

 Elephants use tusks

For lifting heavy objects,

Digging for water

And scratching for minerals

Ivory hunters sell them

 

©Brenda Williams

 

 

 

 

 

I

am

water

I 

tumble

in torrents

down mountain

sides steep.

Plunging and pitching

to lakes dark and deep.

 I

 

 flow

and I flood

across rivers and plains

or gurgle

through gutters

and dribble down drains.

 

I

 

am

the spirit of water

born to flow and be free

to seep from snow

and ice floe

to surge and spray as the sea.

 I

 

am

secretly stored,

within storm clouds

to drizzle, or drench

you with rain,

then trickle and travel below ground

to filter and freshen again.

I

 

quench

the thirst of all creatures

It is I

who keeps plants alive.

I am the world’s greatest life source

without me

it couldn’t survive.

 

So please,

don’t waste or pollute me

as I nurture and nourish

earth’s crust.

For I ask you to try to imagine

a world that is covered

in dust.

 

©Brenda Williams

 

I saw the Easter Bunny!

Easter time starts on 14th April, so here is a poem for an Easter Egg Hunt.

I saw the Easter Bunny!

 

I tip toe through the garden. 

I circle round a tree. 

I look in every flower bed. 

For Easter eggs for me.

  

I find one under blossom. 

And two near daffodils. 

Another near a bird’s nest. 

And then I stand quite still.

 

For, I heard someone go hopping. 

And when I peeped to see. 

I saw the Easter bunny 

Hiding Easter eggs for me!

 

©Brenda Williams

 

 

St. Patrick's Day will be with us on 17th March, so here is a poem to celebrate the day.

It’s the wearing of the green day

 

It’s the wearing of the green day

The wearing of the green!

For all around this Emerald Isle

The shamrock can be seen!

 

It’s the wearing of the green day

The day we celebrate                        

St Patrick and his message

On this most important date.

 

It’s the wearing of the green day

In this land of hills and lakes

Where St Patrick had the wisdom

To banish all the snakes.

 

It’s the wearing of the green day

A time to dance and sing

For the sound of Irish music

Brings a welcome touch to Spring.

 

It’s the wearing of the green day

When we remember well

The shamrock and its three leaves

And the story they can tell.

 

It’s the wearing of the green day 

So follow the parades

We’ll beat the drums and play the pipes

Until the daylight fades. 

©Brenda Williams