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​ Wonderful Nature Poetry Poetry is the key to the hieroglyphics of Nature. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, //Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers//, 1827

​ Hazel Dormouse //Muscardinus avellanarius//



Peaceful Creature In the forest of England A little head peeps out of a knot-hole With its small size and innocent eyes One would think it is a mouse But when the creature leaves the knot-hole One would be able to realize it is not a mouse For it has a furry tail The creature was a dormouse It is like a mouse But has a furry tail And is considered more attractive For it is not a pest The little dormouse runs up a tree And grabs a hazelnut with its mouth And runs back into the knot-hole To eat the hazelnut Then it curls into a ball And falls asleep ​As peaceful as can be

** A Warrior’s Love **

My very best friend, oh, my dear true love Your beautiful eyes shine like the bright sun We sit in the forest and watch the dove And when it flies away we go have fun Your pretty voice is like a violin We laugh as we watch a baby red fox I just can’t believe the love I’m in We watch the silly fox chew on a sock But sadly I must go to deadly war To save my friends from evil slavery My dear love, I won’t be away too far If I die it will be in bravery I hope that one day again we will meet And hopefully I won’t be in defeat

**My Gerbils ** Amethyst and Mayflower My wonderful little gerbils You were more than just pets You were my friends My babies My companions When I was upset or stressed You cheered me up When I was lonely or depressed You were always there I’ll always love you No matter what happens

But alas, the time has come For us to go our own ways The time came too quickly My heart could not bear I’ll really miss you My furry little friends Not around to play with anymore I’ll have a blue Christmas Without you Though you may be gone From this Earth You will always live on In my heart

**Forbidden Love ** From the day I first saw him I knew that I was in love He said his name was Tim As he showed me two turtle doves

Oh, how sweet he was He didn’t care that he was supposed to hate me Because of his country’s laws; He wanted me to be free

The times were hard During World War Two He hid our love from the Nazi guards Because I was a Jew

He was my German friend Who loved to go to feasts Hopefully the war will end And we could live in peace

But this was not to be For I was eventually captured He tried to help me flee But I was recaptured

As I await my execution I wished that I was free Hopefully Tim will find a solution And come rescue me