02 Sep 2019
by Jem Croucher
in dog, photo, poem, Poet, Poetry, Sussex, Walks, wordsmith
Tags: Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, Summer, Sussex, verse, Walking, wordsmith, writing poetry
Ditching Beacon in late summer
with views of Sussex Weald
walking slowly in the heat
cast by the sun’s strong yield
Wolfgang’s with us trotting slow
sniffing here and there
Inquisitive, excited
the moment here to share
By and by we’ll head on home
but an ice-cream first I think
Eating quickly, lest they melt
whilst Wolfgang has a drink
©Jemverse
Photo – from the the top of Ditchling Beacon, West Sussex – Jempics
[Wolfgang is our daughter’s 10-month old Patterdale Terrier]
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17 Jul 2019
by Jem Croucher
in photo, poem, Poet, Poetry, Sussex, Walks, wordsmith
Tags: Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, Sussex, verse, Walking, wordsmith, writing poetry
10 of 10 in the Jemverse ‘Sussex’ series
Slonk Hill circle to the Dyke,
sky surfers with a beer
Much warmer in the sunshine,
filled our hearts with cheer
Cloud cover in the afternoon
but when the sun came out
It was warmer than we’d felt of late,
of that there was no doubt
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
Jemverse originally posted ‘Walking Sussex 3‘ on 15 May 2014
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14 Jul 2019
by Jem Croucher
in Creative Writing, photo, poem, Poet, Poetry, Sussex, Walks, wordsmith
Tags: Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, Sussex, verse, Walking, wordsmith, writing poetry
7 of 10 in the Jemverse ‘Sussex’ series
Beachy Head to Birling Gap,
the lighthouse red and white
The Seven Sisters rolling cliffs
made an awesome sight
Day four of walking Sussex
and this one by the coast
The hottest day we’ve had so far
and the week is gone, almost.
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Photo – the seven sisters, Sussex coast – Jempics
Jemverse originally posted ‘Walking Sussex 4‘ on 16 May 2014
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12 Jul 2019
by Jem Croucher
in poem, Poet, Poetry, Sussex, Walks, wordsmith
Tags: creative writing, Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, Sussex, verse, Walking, writing poetry
5 of 10 in the Jemverse ‘Sussex’ series
Today we walked from Ring to Ring
beneath a winter sky
The sun shone bright despite the threat
of rainfall by and by
Plans long laid, fruition saw
a walk unlike no other
With smile and gusto two men went
friends yes, but also brothers
Cissbury came and Cissbury went
rain followed sun with thunder
But in between the blue skies came
and Chanctonbury wonder
Thirteen miles of Sussex hill
more on the morrow too
The weather promising much less rain
and maybe sunshine too.
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Photo – Chanctonbury Ring, Sussex – Jempics
Jemverse originally posted ‘Ringing Sussex‘ on 17 November 2014
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10 Jul 2019
by Jem Croucher
in photo, poem, Poet, Poetry, Sussex, Walks, wordsmith
Tags: creative writing, Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, Sussex, verse, Walking, wordsmith, writing poetry
3 of 10 in the Jemverse ‘Sussex’ series
Crossed the border into Sussex
Chalk paths underfoot
Thirty miles behind us
Twenty more to go to boot
Harting Down to Cocking
along the South Downs Way
with the sunshine our companion
on a beautiful Spring day
The hills got ever higher
but the views from every crest
made the challenge so rewarding
When we stopped to have a rest
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
Jemverse first posted ‘Into Sussex‘ on 20 May 2016
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09 Jul 2019
by Jem Croucher
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Tags: creative writing, Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, Sussex, verse, Walking, wordsmith, writing poetry
2 of 10 in the Jemverse ‘Sussex’ series
Familiarity breeds content,
of that I am quite sure
As for our final walk in Sussex
we’re back at the start for more
Two rings with woodland in between,
cows in the field and sheep
Undulating downland and hills
that aren’t that very steep.
Chanctonbury wealdland view
takes the breath away
And is particularly stunning
on a clear, bright Springtime day
And after five days walking Sussex
hills with Wainwrights at the bar
The rest respite with sunshine
was perfect at the Star.
©Jemverse
Photo Jempics
Jemverse first posted ‘Walking Sussex 5‘ on 16 May 2014
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31 May 2019
by Jem Croucher
in photo, poem, Poet, Poetry, Sussex, Walks, wordsmith
Tags: Harting Down, hiking, Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, Sussex, Vandalian Tower folly, verse, Walking, wordsmith, writing poetry
8 of 8 in the Jemverse series ‘Circular Sussex’
Up on Harting Down
I saw the folly to the West
It’s lovely here this morning
in bright sunshine, just the best
Then I walked in woodland
sunlight filtered through the trees
Birdsong all around me
Blue sky between the leaves
Followed little byways
Down the hillside to South Harting
and the White Hart in the village
just as lunchtime it was starting
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Photo – The ruins of the ‘Vandalian Tower’ folly on Tower Hill, just west of Harting Down in West Sussex. The folly was built in 1774 to celebrate the founding of the American settlement of Vandalia, a proposed British colony that never grew beyond its initial founders. As a part of the American War of Independence, the small colony was hung out to dry and while they proposed becoming a state by the name of “Westsylvania,” the fresh American government scoffed at the idea and the territory was subsumed by the states now known as West Virginia and Kentucky. – Jempics.
[Every year in May, my brother Dave and I go out for a week’s walking. This year we took in a series of circular walks based around our favourite long-distance trail – the South Downs Way through Hampshire and Sussex]
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