FAO Sloopy (Part 2)

[DTCwordfan]

Earth as requested......

Let's see if the pedants are out in force today.


The soil dark and loamy
hey, the Humber Estuary is mud
earthy coloured, mind you, rather foamy.

sand and silt, water bearing
home to worms, molluscs, seafood
pipers balancing on one leg, wings flaring

reeds knotted sway in the breeze
their roots stabilising the silt
forming potential thatch, homes for the bees.

the process of stabilisation,
man secures the land, pushes back the sea
Lincolnshire farmland rich and in formation

rain and water cuts across the land,
rills, streamlets, the river forms
carrying soil back to Estuary sands

the cycle of life in the Humber creek
continual interaction of earth, air and water
turning over our minds, making us realise we are weak.

[tonyav]

Very good DT I would like to be a pedant, but I don't know how.

[DTCwordfan]

It is a dreadful word, "pedant" that is - smacks of being a deviant doesn't it......

[tonyav]

Yes it does DT.

[tenrec]

Lovelypoem DT. I once had a pedant on a silver chain, does that count?

[tonyav]

Was there a goat emblem on your pedant, tenrec. if not it does not count lol.

[humbersloop]

Yet again, terrific ((dt)), much appreciated.

Did you hear the proramme on the Floating World of Hokusai on radio 4 this morning? Catch it if you didn't, worth a listen.

Your haiku for tomorrow - should you choose to accept it - is, of course, Fire.

[DTCwordfan]

Sloopy - do you have any wood burner on Phyllis?

[humbersloop]

No dt, we're installing a diesel combi boiler & domestic ch.
Why?

[DTCwordfan]

damn - something to do with a fire

[DTCwordfan]

at home? and if so, are you Lincolnshire side of the River?

[DTCwordfan]

I saw that a fair few of the older (unconverted) barges are equipped with wood burners in the cabin......

[humbersloop]

I just clocked that after I posted. :)
Nope, there neither, south bank.
Now don't be setting the barge on fire....

did you catch the floating world yet?

[DTCwordfan]

a fireplace that takes wood then?

[DTCwordfan]

phew on the South-side front....

[DTCwordfan]

Not yet as to the Radio - do they do R4 on i-player?

[humbersloop]

Nope :(
yes it's on iplayer

[DTCwordfan]

thanks I'll work around it.