tag:gauntwulf.blog.co.uk,2009-11-11:/MokoFeed2009-11-11T21:46:42+01:00tag:gauntwulf.blog.co.uk,2008-04-16:/2008/04/16/photographs-from-a-recent-expedition-4053920/Gauntwulf2008-04-16T21:06:24+02:002008-04-16T21:06:24+02:00 <p><a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/media/photo/bulrush/2473599" title="Bulrush"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/599/2473599_d50d96d39e_s.jpg" alt="Bulrush" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a><a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/media/photo/alder_1/2473600" title="alder 1"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/600/2473600_8820577d23_s.jpg" alt="alder 1" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a><a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/media/photo/alder_2/2473601" title="alder 2"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/601/2473601_1e23f4ca78_s.jpg" alt="alder 2" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a></p> <p>These photos were taken on a recent expedition to a wildfowl center near Bishop Auckland in County Durham (my wife is the birdwatcher). I really liked the twisted shapes of the alder trees. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://gauntwulf.blog.co.uk/2008/04/16/photographs-from-a-recent-expedition-4053920/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:gauntwulf.blog.co.uk,2008-04-12:/2008/04/12/poem-4035574/Gauntwulf2008-04-12T21:11:44+02:002008-04-12T21:11:44+02:00 <p><strong>Avatar</strong></p> <p>It takes great care<br> To choose the clothes<br> The trousers, the shirt<br> The colour of my hair<br> The length, the cut</p> <p>I have to get the curl just right</p> <p>And then my eyes<br> That shade of piercing blue<br> Oh, and don’t forget the shoes<br> DO NOT forget the shoes</p> <p>With some discomfort<br> I slip into<br> My avatar </p> <p>And take a breath</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://gauntwulf.blog.co.uk/2008/04/12/poem-4035574/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:gauntwulf.blog.co.uk,2008-03-26:/2008/03/26/photo-3945775/Gauntwulf2008-03-26T21:28:21+01:002008-03-26T21:28:21+01:00 <p><a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/media/photo/blasted_heath/2433274" title="blasted heath"><img src="http://data3.blog.de/media/274/2433274_3fde9c9eac_s.jpg" alt="blasted heath" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a></p> <p>took the kids for a long walk last weekend and unexpectedlay came upon this deserted (approx 100years) lead mining site </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://gauntwulf.blog.co.uk/2008/03/26/photo-3945775/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:gauntwulf.blog.co.uk,2008-03-26:/2008/03/26/poem-3945617/Gauntwulf2008-03-26T20:51:18+01:002008-03-26T20:51:18+01:00 <p><strong>Avatar</strong></p> <p>It takes great care<br> To choose the clothes<br> The trousers, the shirt<br> The colour of my hair<br> The length, the cut<br> And I have to get the curl<br> Just right<br> And then my eyes<br> That shade of piercing blue<br> Oh, and don’t forget the shoes<br> I mustn’t forget the shoes</p> <p>With some discomfort<br> I slip<br> Into my avatar<br> And take a breath</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://gauntwulf.blog.co.uk/2008/03/26/poem-3945617/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:gauntwulf.blog.co.uk,2008-03-25:/2008/03/25/title-3940473/Gauntwulf2008-03-25T23:47:09+01:002008-03-25T23:53:55+01:00 <p><strong>Archaeology</strong></p> <p>Forty<br> And thoughts of my death<br> (Immanent) pervade<br> A cancer at every turn</p> <p>What will I leave for posterity?<br> These poems<br> My name in concrete on a wall<br> My children<br> The DNA that I have sent<br> Spinning<br> Off into the future<br> Perhaps memories to make<br> Someone smile<br> Like the memories of my dead<br> Do for me </p> <p>****-all else</p> <p>And in a hundred years<br> Nothing</p> <p>Archaeology</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://gauntwulf.blog.co.uk/2008/03/25/title-3940473/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:gauntwulf.blog.co.uk,2008-03-25:/2008/03/25/1st-post-3940311/Gauntwulf2008-03-25T23:07:07+01:002008-03-25T23:07:07+01:00 <p>Newbie to the world of blogging - here goes...... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://gauntwulf.blog.co.uk/2008/03/25/1st-post-3940311/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>