Writing poem

Working Together We Achieve More

Silent hills softly sleeping,
speak of safety, strength, stolidity.

Peacefulness is a tree, full of fruit,
speaks of safety, of good things to eat
Don't look down, you'll break the spell
Feel free to falter, you'll climb higher.

Willow, ash, hawthorn, rowan
their leaves speak of healing potions
willow, hawthorn, rowan, ash
shelter the jay's acorn cache
Rowan, ash, hawthorn, willow
offer shelter from whistling billows

pigs wag curly tails, their ears like masts
250 kilos of pig in a mud bath
Barnabas' ears fly for take-off
As he runs across the field as if to make-off.

Joy is in breathing clean air
Hawthorn wears frilly lichen
shelter for young oak saplings
shelter for insects in winter

I remember digging strongly
with spade and fork, planting yellow rattle
to make space for wildflowers
to grow in freedom, to give food to birds

My memories are of chickens
coming up to us, looking for snacks
corn, seeds, leaves from the vegetable stacks
Bock bock is the sound they find kind

I remember being helpful, working
with Rhys and Liam to dig out the ash on the drive
Helping is being useful, contributing,
working together we achieve more