Nature Writing - Snowdrops

Have you seen your first snowdrop of the year yet?

I've just started to see them here in Devon in the UK where I live.  There's something exciting about getting a glimpse of these first flowers of the year.

Keeping our eyes open, and getting out into nature, is the first step to actually writing about nature.  Go out for a walk!  Listen to the sounds around you!  Look up, look around, look down!

Using this image of a snowdrop, try to describe what you see.

Look at how the flower hands down - does it remind you of anything?

Look at the sunlight beautifully catching the petals and leaves - does it make you think of anything?

And how does it make you feel - happy, sad, excited, something different?

Here's a short poem I wrote about snowdrops a few years ago, and you can read more of my nature writing on my poetry blog https://lif4gd.home.blog/ :

The snowdrops

Appear

As if to remind

Us

Of resilience

Each new year.

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