Across the football pitch
on this side of the rails
is wild fennel and long grass:
a jungle for snails.
There’s a wild damson tree,
hawthorn and crab apples,
where we lie, you and me,
below leafy dapples.
In summer there’s sunshine,
in winter there’s snow;
I love spring and autumn,
when trees bloom and glow.

Kim m. Russell, 2017

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My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Celebrating Children’s Poetry – Dreaming with Stacie

Stacie wishes us all a Happy National Poetry Month and says that she would like to shine a light on children’s poetry because, along with music, it is what first sparked a fire in her to read, write and eventually pursue a lifelong career in the arts.

Stacie says that she always thought of poetry as a rainbow of not just colours but feelings, places and people. Today, as…