Bees poem by Iris Carden Won’t someone think of the bees? That pollinate flowers and trees, with pollen up to their knees. Oh think of the bees, please. Why not grow them some flowers? You could keep them happy for hours. Little bees work hard for our good, and help the plants supply our food.…… Continue reading Bees
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Tired
Tired post by Iris Carden One thing about living with lupus is that anything that takes any amount of energy takes time to recover. I’ve been tired all week, because I went to the zoo just over a week ago. My daughter and I bought annual passes for whenever we’re looking after my granddaughter (my…… Continue reading Tired
Kiri Koala and Smokey
Kiri Koala and Smokey children’s story by Iris Carden Kiri Koala was too big to fit in her mother’s pouch, but still small enough to ride on her Mum’s back. Kiri and her Mum, who was called Koko, lived in the koala nursery of a zoo. Koko told her the zoo was bigger than the…… Continue reading Kiri Koala and Smokey
Fierce Kitty
Fierce Kitty by Princess Cat It’s been a strange week. The humans moved all the furniture around. Apparently it wasn’t exactly where my human wanted it, and the upstairs human helped her change it all. It’s all right. Humans will do human things. It doesn’t normally bother me. One thing did bother me. They moved…… Continue reading Fierce Kitty
Cassowary
Cassowary short story by Iris Carden Greg hated the zoo. He only worked there because there was nothing else available. He wasn’t naturally a social person, and having to smile and answer dumb questions people asked really got on his nerves. Today was an especially bad day. He’d finally asked Kaitlin out. She’d turned him…… Continue reading Cassowary
Tortoise
Tortise poem by Iris Carden You’re eighty years old and still just middle aged, you must have seen so much, across the world’s stage. Now you are so big most predators won’t see you as food, Life should be so easy, and everything so good. But humans are strange predators, size no discouragement. Sailors stopping…… Continue reading Tortoise
She Said, He Said
She Said, He Said short story by Iris Carden Her story: Today I saw a side of Bill I never expected to see. I saw him afraid, but I also saw him deal with fear by lashing out. To explain what happened, I need to go back a couple of weeks. I was loading the…… Continue reading She Said, He Said
Happy and Free
Happy and Free poem by Iris Carden Wanda the whale wandered the sea. A whale’s life is happy and free. Wanda would swim Wanda would sing She had no care about anything. A gigantic beast, smaller beasts on board, followed her a while, and made her scared. The beast was so loud, she was disturbed,…… Continue reading Happy and Free
Turtle Song
Turtle Song poem by Iris Carden You’ve swum the ocean currents for sixty years or more. Have you felt the oceans changing: a bit warmer more than before? On your way to lay your eggs, back on your familiar beach, did you see the difference? Did you see the coral bleach? Did you see the…… Continue reading Turtle Song
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