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BlueBell Hill.

Bluebell Hill.I hear bells so softly ringing,
happy voices are sweetly singing.
This all took place on Bluebell Hill,
I must say it gives me a thrill.

Fairies are ringing the bluebells,
the singing is done by the bees.
My nose is tickled by delicious smells,
I am thrilled by all that I see.


Spectators are arriving fast,
birds, squirrels and the shy deer.
I join in the dance at last,
My head is beginning to feel queer.

Bluebell Hill is a magic place,
but for only once in a year,
Dancing is done at a terrific pace,
how glad I am to be here.

If you go to Bluebell Hill,
sit quietly under the trees,
You too might get a thrill,
from the fairies and the bees.

© Bernard Shaw

— Bernard Shaw, Mar 21, 2010

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xena465

xena465

16 years 2 months ago

Once again Bern you’ve

Once again Bern you've taken me on a magical journey with you're delightful descriptions. Rosina xena465
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lyz

16 years 2 months ago

Just gorgeous

I want to sit quietly under that tree. The content, flow and wording are just right. A lovely poem. Reminds me of a story my mum used to tell me about the fairies in the dell, down the back yard, and needless to say, they were really fireflies I was seeing. Lol. Wonderful. Apt to your avatar. Love Lyz. XX
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Bernard Shaw

16 years 2 months ago

Lyz

Lyz my old Granny used to look at me and say to all that were in the room. "That boy is fey" all laughed and treated it as joke after all Granny was a little odd in her ways. I often wonder if she was right, I seem to know an awful lot about elves, leprechauns, pixies and all of the other little people in Fairyland. I have a hundred or more fairy poems and about a thousand fairy tales. Perhaps it is Granny's ghost that guides my pen, I would like to think so, Gran to me was not odd she was just Gran. Bern
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lyz

16 years 2 months ago

Gotta love our Grans

I loved your poem and by the sounds of it your Gran was a great influence and I am glad she was. Keep em comin and well done. Love Lyz. XX
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Seren

16 years 2 months ago

Dear Bern

This is gorgeous made me smile for miles loved the faeries ringing the bluebells ... we have a flower here called a bell flower made me think of faeries out in the garden ringing those bells while we are all asleep lol love and hugs Jayne-Chloe x x