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Verses about Our Paradise Duck pair, Darby and Joan and their various broods of ducklings in the Beckenham Park ponds.
Angelica shares my love of these beautiful birds and my admiration for their constancy to each other and their exemplary parenting skills.
Normally a pair of 'parries' will raise 2 to 4 ducklings each year but ours have raised between 11 and 15 successfully during the past five years.

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A Mystery Solved! - Wyleian Triple Sonnet XCIII

This morning dawned, though cloudy, clear and fair;
I hastened to my wonted pond-side seat,

68 lines, 11 comments, on Sep 11 4:25 PM 2005. In Nature, Hope

Fidelity - Wyleian Sonnets XCIIIb & c.

On my accustomed daily walk
along the Heathcote riverside

43 lines, 11 comments, on Oct 4 1:50 PM 2005. In Other, Nature

The Importance of Education - Wyleian Sonnet XCIIId.

I went again today to check upon my ducklings,
now there are twelve of the original thirteen.

22 lines, 16 comments, on Oct 11 12:31 PM 2005. In Other, Nature

Paradise Retreat - Wyleian Sonnet CXXXXIII

I wonder why they haven’t joined their children, as they should
but I’m happy that they’ve found this place of refuge here for good.

21 lines, 11 comments, on May 20 3:21 PM 2006. In Personal, Nature

The Guardian - Wyleian Sonnet CLXIII

Beside the pond he stands alone
to guard his nesting wife.

22 lines, 4 comments, on Sep 14 4:30 PM 2006. In Nature, Contemporary

Duck Saga

I think maybe, they’re both now back for good,
to raise another family, as they should

72 lines, 10 comments, on Feb 14 12:22 PM 2007. In Nature, Hope, Personal

Duck Saga 2. (Continuing)

There are of course, two ponds in Beckenham Park,
with lawn between, a hundred yards apart.

54 lines, 4 comments, on Feb 19 7:43 PM 2007. In Nature, Personal

Requiem for a Departed Duckling.

I removed my hat in veneration there
and, for a moment, stood in silent prayer.....

23 lines, 24 comments, on Nov 19 2:56 PM 2008. In Nature, Sad

In Memoriam Anaticula Mortua D16.

It was crowded in the chapel yesterday
as friends and all the local neighbourhood gathered...

60 lines, 16 comments, on Nov 23 1:29 PM 2008. In Fantasy, Humor, Sad

In Memoriam DXVI.

Although in life, the smallest of them all,
here, in this angel’s arms he now stands tall.

24 lines, 15 comments, on Nov 26 9:21 PM 2008. In In Memoriam, Tribute

A stroll in the park

Our ducks we love so much as you can see
Sometimes I wish they’d come and stay with me.

by angelica 36 lines, 14 comments, on Jun 16 5:54 PM. In Nature, Life, Love

Our Paradise Duck Family

Here you can clearly see Darby and Joan
standing guard over ducklings they’ve reared on their own.

22 lines, 6 comments, on Jun 17 4:10 AM. In Nature, Ducks