My Ancestral Home - The Fens by Rex Sly
FINDING SILENCE Here is a word of little meaning, it blights our lives and clouds my mind; elusive in this hurrying world where pure silence is hard to find.
Capturing each season's changes on the iconic waterways and fields of the Fen, Rex Sly paints heart-warming glimpses into his intimate relationship with the soil and history of the ancient fenlands that his family have tended over four-hundred yearsHis poetry has natural cadences that complement the migrating rhythms of birdlife, the microclimate and live waters, its fauna and human characters. He shares Fenland secrets; not only its unique engineering, but the breeding patterns of pink-footed geese, long-established rooks' nests and heronries, seagulls following the plough. Sly inhabits each painted scene with his own joys and wonder at the local changes he has witnessed; in the comings and goings of generations of farmworkers, railway lines; whole communities, as traditional farming methods gave way to mechanisation while not forgetting his family and friends. Dawn Austin Locke.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781739981105 |
| ISBN 10 | 1739981103 |
| Title | My Ancestral Home - The Fens |
| Author | Rex Sly |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Rex Sly |
| Year published | 2021-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 172 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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