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A collection of forty-four poems to follow on from Your Skyward Eyes and is way, I cried and Athens. Reflections on flowers, trees, birds and
the natural world.
Contents
Foreword ix
Dedication xi
Tribute xiii
i. Everlasting 1
ii. Lime, Lyme and Lime 3
iii. Herald Celandine 5
iv. Wild Garlic 7
v. Rowans and Cedars 9
vi. South Bermondsey 11
vii. Just the Light 13
viii. Late Frost 15
ix. Trees, Shadows, Life and Grief 17
x. Ancient and Holy 19
xi. Uncle Chess 21
xii. Walled Garden 23
xiii. First the Green Gage 25
xiv. Dutch Purple Masters 27
xv. Mother Calling 29
xvi. Morning Deworming 31
xvii. Daphne and her Aunt 33
xviii. New Year 35
xix. Bartholomew Bay 37
xx. Chelsea Mews 39
xxi. On Parade 41
xxii. Jumble Baby 43
xxiii. Chrysanthemums 45
xxiv. Rambler 47
xxv. Time Keepers for Ever 49
xxvi. Primrose 51
xxvii. Suburban Samurai 53
xxviii. Old Sarum 55
xxix. Schmidt 57
xxx. Unwavering Sky 59
xxxi. Snowdrops 61
xxxii. Laurel 63
xxxiii. Dougie Dogwood 65
xxxiv. Sea Legs 67
xxxv. Each Passing Moon 69
xxxvi. Black Hamburg 71
xxxvii. Visitors from Verdun 73
xxxviii. Raratonga 75
xxxix. Social Climber 77
xxxx. Oxford Ragwort 79
xxxxi. Emily Daisy Cape 81
xxxxii. Michaelmas Daisy 83
xxxxiii. Nine Tea Roses 85
xxxxiv. Prince of the Inland Sea 87
Biography 89
Acknowledgements 91
