The Butterflies Of Yorkshire Poem by Greg Freeman

The Butterflies Of Yorkshire

Rating: 4.5


Colonised, old railway tracks and pits.
Spread of creeping thistle and bracken.
Limestone grasslands, brimstone broods;
fritillaries, clouded yellows.
Migrations on the Spurn peninsula.
Spoil heaps, soot pollution,
westward movement towards Pennines.
Painted ladies that travel by night,
overwintering wanderers;
honeydew and damp meadows.
Conservation, hibernation, extinctions.
Late sightings in gardens, allotments,
cemeteries, headlands, clearings.
Malham Tarn, Knaresborough,
Robin Hood’s Bay, Orgreave.
The damage to populations
wreaked by faraway eruptions.


(Found poem from words in The Butterflies of Yorkshire,
ed: Howard M Frost, Butterfly Conservation Yorkshire,2005)

Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: butterfly
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Chinedu Dike 08 August 2015

A well articulated piece of poetry, insightfully penned with conviction. A lovely poem indeed. Thanks for sharing Greg and do remain blessed.

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Greg Freeman 09 August 2015

Very kind of you to say so, Chinedu

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Greg Freeman 29 July 2015

Glad you enjoyed it, Kelly.

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Kelly Kurt 29 July 2015

A lovely piece of writing, Greg

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