Darkness fell upon the earth

As daytime slipped away

Everywhere was quiet

Until the night life came out to play

Eyes that shone like diamonds

Were lurking here and there

Yes, they were ally cats strolling all around

Quietly they crept with a sophisticated air, not making any sound

Foxes looking here and there

Bellies empty, that's for sure

Rummaging around the bins

And black bags which lay upon the floor

Splitting bags half open

The foxes sniffed inside

Then they hear a sudden noise

And ran off quick to hide

Squeaking noises can be heard

As tiny wings flutter here and there

It's the bats darting to and fro

In the midnight air

To-wit, to-woo, to-wit, to-woo

This sounds travels on the breeze

It's the little tawny owl

Sitting by the church beneath the trees

And softly night time fades away

Towards another morn

We leave our gentle night life friends

A brand new day is born

OLGA PERKINS

Perlethorpe Avenue

Gedling

Back in her native country no animals

Can be found running wild and free

They have lost their liberty and have

No dense forests to hunt their prey

In the special reserves or zoos they

Feel trapped and live in fear of what

Their future may be. Silently they suffer

So they may be put back in her county

Her grandchild sees the misery in her

Grandma's eyes. She wonders whether

Her generation will see lions and tigers

Regain their liberty

JANET BROWN

Compton Road

Sherwood

There is a time

when yours and mine,

Praise be of thine

who follow thee,

To be a design

of your thoughts in time,

In God's wonderful gifts,

To thou's and thine!

CRAIG MORRISON

Garfield Close

Stapleford