TWELFTH NIGHT ON ORMSGILL REZZA.
A poem for Twelfth Night inspired by The Twelve Days of Christmas and the bird life on Ormsgill Reservoir - or the Rezza as we know it in Barrow-in-Furness.
Instead of taking umbrage I take up my pen
A poem for Twelfth Night inspired by The Twelve Days of Christmas and the bird life on Ormsgill Reservoir - or the Rezza as we know it in Barrow-in-Furness.
A poem for Christmas written in my new notebook with my new pen.
The Stanton family Christmas Newsletter 2022 with updates on Mike and Dee, our children Matthew and Katie and Basil the dog.
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