Claire’s Blog

ProgressThey built canalsdug through fields and stonepeat and grasslandinland, inlandto carry lumber into carry food crops outso the ships that...

Oops!When I runUp to 90 kphmy wings might keep me groundedtoo small for flyinggreat for stabilitymy black feathers may flyI'm a fully-grown malebut...

CamelMy winter coat lingersdespite summer’s sunI’m ragged and moth-eatenbut cooler each day

BlackbuckA herd of pale fawn femalesmelt into the banks of the damlight and lithe they are discarded grass, breeze-lifted skittishlighter than the...

MigrationLoad up the ship boys load her to the topshe’ll roll away the miles boys across the wide blue seaJeannie Johnston leaves Quebeclumbered to...

On the SavannahIn our three-carriage, open-sided, camouflage-painted safari buswe speculate that it must seem to the rhinocerosthat is feeding time...

A LessonIn the wallowing of hippopotamusa sunshine-y soak is such a plus when sunk in the waterthis mother tells daughterkeep your head in line with...

Holidayphones surrenderedwe took a walk in the parkdown cliffs and across stepping stonespaused at the lookout watched the sun slowly dropand when...

Pelican LandingLike a plane you glide(really … it’s the plane that’s like you)impossible sights – bothtoo big to stay airbornebroad wings stretch...

ChangeListen to the windit whisperspausesprevaricatesthen unexpectedly roarsit pushes and pulls at curtainsslams and opens doorstumbles and...

 BalloonsOnce, we blew up, tied, stringed and hung hundreds for a party. Once, we wished a big bunchwould lift and carry us away.Once, a helium...

One (Or More) For The BirdsThere’s an apricot tree in a front yardbetter be quickthere are only a few fruit leftand they will be gone tomorrowIt’s...

I’m Watching You I am a kewpie dollwith lashes long and fullI am a hiding catand you can’t see me stillI am a tiny robotwith vision set to killI am...

Gorn swimmin’iAt the end of me workin’ dayI stops at the beachditches me bootsand the rest of me clobber'cause the sea is me joyiiWhen he was...

At the Dog Beach On the broad ankle-to-knee shallowwomen tuck skirts into knickersmen clasp thongs behind their backschildren skip and splashdogs...

On the TrainThree teen boys open the door from inside, then loudly call for gratitude from the gorgeous girl who enters. At her non-response, they...