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A vision of the Future - 2020.
A poem by Jenny Keal: professional artist (2004).
An adaptation from Wordsworth's 'I wandered lonely as a cloud.'

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of ugly wind turbines;
Along the ridge, against the sky,
Restlessly flailing in the breeze.

An insult to the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in tortured dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they
Were overshadowed by the blight
A poet could never be gay,
In such a gloomy company:
I gazed - and gazed - and sadly thought
What despair the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the curse of solitude;
And then my heart with anger fills,
And mourns the loss of distant views.

These ugly monsters sear my heart
Assail my sight, offend my ear
Tear at my peaceful solitude
Where now can I refresh my soul
Now that hills are factories
And open spaces gone to hell.

With apologies to Wordsworth: Jenny Keal

"A Moorland Pool."
A painting by landscape artist, Jenny Keal.

Professional landscape artist Jenny Keal and her husband David Bellamy, also a renowned landscape artist, live in beautiful mid Wales, where they make full use of the scenic beauty as portrayed in the above image of one of Jenny's paintings. They are both world travelled artists and their works display their love of country landscapes.
Recently, Jenny, David and other artist friends held an exhibition
"Where the Land meets the Sky"
This was an exhibition of landscape paintings with a display highlighting the threat of Wind Turbine Developments to our unspoilt wild landscapes.

Please visit Jenny & David's excellent website www.davidbellamy.co.uk to see their works of art.

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