A Requiem for Nature in Britain
Our hearts go out when we see one of those awful pictures of a disoriented, lost Orangutan in the debris of clear cut rainforest somewhere in Indonesia, which up to a few hours ago, had been the Orangutan’s ancestral home for millennia.
Belonging
Spring evening, still and glimmering gold
Walking along the allotment path, my legs feel weighty.
Sinking consciously, pulled earthward with each step
My steps are not my own
I somehow sense that it is the earth itself taking steps.
From Seniors to Elders
Senior citizens, OAPs, retirees. Doesn’t sound so inspiring, in the way this vast and growing segment of our population is sometimes referred to, does it? Now of course I know many older people have a very hard time, coping with chronic illness, poverty, disabilities and loneliness, all compounded by years of governmental austerity in Britain.