The Mercy Cat Meadows 🐾

Day. 10 🦔🌜 "A Small Meadow" is a poem about supporting hedgehogs, resilient little mammals navigating urban landscapes and private gardens as their natural habitats vanish. A simple backyard lawn provides a vital, healthy foraging ground for these nocturnal visitors. In return, they act as nature’s pest controllers, feeding on garden insects and helping plants thrive naturally. 「小さな草地」は、自然の生息地が失われゆく中、都市の景観や個人の庭を行き来する小さな哺乳類、ハリネズミを支えることについて詠んだ詩です。家の裏庭にあるごく普通の芝生も、夜に訪れる彼らにとっては、なくてはならない健全な餌場となります。そのお返しとして、彼らは庭の虫を食べて植物の自然な生育を助け、いわば「自然の害虫駆除係」の役割を果たしてくれるのです。 🦔🌜 A Small Meadow Dusk signals the hour For the quiet paths they travel, From one garden to the next, A nocturnal excursion. Their destination: a foraging ground. One moment they waddle along, Then, locking onto a target, They break into a swift trot! Pure survival instinct, Driven across open spaces, Racing the edge of the garden, Scrambling to the safety of the hedgerow. The constant threat Of att...

Day. 9 💦🦅 "In the Sunlight" is a poem dedicated to a special summer visitor, a young magpie friend who would come to play. Through words, the poem connects to actual memories from my garden, capturing his bold yet endearing behaviour from the time when he was a fledgling practicing various skills. His playful antics reveal a bird who, despite his inexperience, is eager to learn. 「In the Sunlight（陽光の中で）」は、ある特別な夏の訪問者、遊びにやってくる若いカササギ鳥の友人に捧げた詩です。この詩は、言葉を通して、私の実際の庭での思い出とつながっています。若鳥として様々な技を練習していた頃の、彼の大胆かつ愛らしい振る舞いがここに描かれています。その遊び心あふれる行動からは、彼がまだ経験不足ながらも、懸命に学ぼうとしている様子がうかがえます。 💦🦅 In the Sunlight On a scorching summer day A bright red-brown terracotta tray Is filled with fresh shimmer His rhythmic "chak-chak" call From the elder plum tree Has announced his arrival With a splash he dives in Spreads his wings in Water droplets that glitter And sparkle in the sunlight Blissful and content, then he Flies up to perch in the plum tree To preen and soak up...