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JOSIE'S POEMS
Shadowing Poems for Fun
By Josie Whitehead
My following poem is a "shadow"of the poem 'Pied Beauty' by Gerard Manley Hopkins. It follows his poem in form and in subject (but not in words, which is a breach of copyright). We can learn a lot from the masters of an art, and humans learn, as animals do, by imitation. I have tried to vary the words meaning "dappled" in many ways. There is so much to celebrate in our world of dappled colours.
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SEE ALSO H E R E
BRINDLED BEAUTY
A 'Shadow Poem' of Pied Beauty by Gerard Manley Hopkins
By Josie Whitehead
Give thanks for things of multi-coloured hue:
The speckled hen who scratches in the soil
And marbled sky of fleetly fading day.
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The brindled moth that in the lamplight flew;
The mottled snake, from which I do recoil -
Who’s rattling throat strikes fear into her prey.
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Praise be for colours of a dappled range -
The tawny owl, contented dairy cow
And freckled trout who in clear waters swim.
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God’s hand brings blessings to our dappled world –
Praise him.
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Copyright on all my poems
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So how many words do you know that mean 'pied' or 'brindled'?
Write the different words that mean the same from this poem. Make
sure that you learn them. Josie
