John Keats greatly admired Wordsworth’s poetry and called it ‘poetry of the heart’. These 33 Duddon Sonnets reveal Wordsworth’s heart for this insignificant, forgotten river. It was one of his favourites since his youth.
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The delightful river Dart, loved by all who know it, is one of Devon’s jewels. Small, homely and intimate, it meanders from its source on Dartmoor through the South Devon countryside to the sea at Dartmouth. In 1620 the Pilgrim Fathers set sail from Dartmouth in The Mayflower bound for a New World in America.
Above photo by Edwardsian – wikipedia.
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As the early morning dew lies over the water-meadow, on the banks of this stream there’s another story waiting, helped along by some of my own pastel sketches!
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Early morning Spring mist veils the waking landscape with the uncluttered freshness and innocence of a new day. What could be better than to spend the day with John Clare walking beside my favourite local Arun river.
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A Listening Heart 