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Poetry from Rose Farm in Cornwall by Penny Lally You too could live Penny's life, but only if you don't mind being on the go fifteen hours a day, seven days a week, presenting a cheerful face to paying guests, finding genuine sympathy for those who bring their animals to the pet cemetery she runs with her husband John, having as sure a touch with a new-born puppy as a massive Simmental bull or an unbroken colt; if you can go to county shows and come home with hatfuls of prizes, then quietly mould beautiful heads in clay, as well as feeding, cleaning out and caring for a huge variety of creatures, many of them with two legs - oh and still finding the time to record some of this in verse, as you will see. Its that easy. Penny has no literary pretensions. She paints what she sees, what she thinks, how she feels, in language as direct as it can be when tackling such themes, from dawn to night, from death to canaries. She takes you by the hand and leads you through the year in her eyes, with the clear light of a Cornish morning. Penny has also been my sister all my life. We are as different as this and that, but we love many of the same things, from Nature to Manchester United. She is admittedly crazy, but her feet are firmly rooted in her native soil, she doesn't miss much„ and she's not a bad soul. I'm proud of her. Besides she's got Sky, so I need to keep on her right side... Open
your eyes, your mind and heart and enjoy.
Early Morning by Penny Lally Warm sun, wet grass, butterflies on blackberries Busy morning bees Crowing cockerels, distant crying calves Wisps of early mist snaking, serpent-like Through the valley trees Contented cattle chewing cud and basking in golden light. Cool shadowy lane Sparkling dew drops with million rainbows A faithful dog beside. Clear, clean autumn air sharp in your nostrils Footprints track in the dewy grass, foxy smells, Rabbits scuttling to ground. Soaring seagulls, swooping swallows chattering. Silver, silent aircraft overhead Grazing sheep, cool and happy Horses flicking flies with swishing tails -Inquisitive, beautiful, shining. The silence is deafening - no wind< just busy beasts all shapes and sizes pleased To be alive on such a day< WHO WILL SPOIL IT.... Man-machines-telephones-traffic Deadlines- stress-worry Unaware what is always there, peaceful, free - Birds and beasts, unflustered Unimpressed with material things. Mother Earth, caring, providing, solid - AMAZING. Both books are available from Penny Lally at Rose Farm |
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