Blueberries, bananas, apples that fall

Berries and pears, we love them all

Fresh rainwater, summer heat

The part of plants that we can eat



Inside the fruit, contains the seeds

Found on bushes, grown on trees

Tomato plants, of heights will rise

With soil and compost, fertilise



Seeds we scatter, seeds we sow

All around the world they grow

Celebrate at food events

Cities, countries, continents



Supermarkets, stalls be manned

Frozen, dried, fresh or canned

Varied fruits ripen with time

Fresh fruit salad, shall we dine



A complement of any meal

Fruits to blend and fruits to peel

Expectations to surpass

Blended poured into a glass



Garden fruit and fruit in tins

Daily fibre, vitamins

Large vineyards, where growers take

From tiny buds, to blossomed grape



Strawberry smoothie, raspberry jam

Tomato sandwich, cheese and ham

Assembled fruit upon the plate

Master-chef provide your rate



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Fertilisation, to life’s first cry

The organisms we classify

From offspring birth, to growing seed

Consuming nature of which to feed



The right conditions to survive

Escape of danger, aim to thrive

Animals will locate their mate

Offspring growth of varied rate



Reproductive group divide

From egg-laying to bearing live

Seeds and eggs adapted for

Protection and a nutrient store



The formation of the embryo

Increasing cells divide and grow

A vital role, to be aware

Growth, development and repair



Genetics differ and they range

The young mature, their features change

To die, cells cease to multiply

To rot – bacteria and fungi



Of varied plants, in turn they sway

From parent plants, to land away

Nutrients pass there to remain

Recycled in this vast food chain



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The emergence thereof, a cycle begins

Of different forms – developing

Exceeding growth of varied rate

Conditions there to germinate



To reproduce they fertilise

New plants to materialise

Protection of the embryo

Seeds produced, equipped to grow



Soil with moisture and daylight

A season with conditions right

Outer case of seed to split

Cells divide at the root tip



Food produced with sunlight caught

A stronger stem for base support

Grass re-growth of no delay

Species grow in the same way



Creeping plants that climb a wall

Taking shape and growing tall

Carbon dioxide, water involved

The minerals are then dissolved



Tree exposure strong and willed

Healthy cells of which to build

Plants and trees are all around

Natural wonders, calm surround



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Varied species of the kingdom

Across our earthly home

From sponges to the octopus

Without a backbone



Laying small eggs

Or a centimetre long

Astounding invertebrates

There outer skin is strong



Upon an organism

There they choose to lay

Eggs for a food source

Paralyse their prey



As the insect grows

So rapidly within

A time of which to moult

Remove their outer skin



The expanding colony

Survival of the team

Young bees evolving

From a single queen



Shed their exoskeleton

Insect crawling out

Expansion of their wings

Body drying out



Beginning as larvae

From the eggs they hatch

Dramatic transformation

Metamorphosis match



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Through the journey, life arrives

Underwater – start their lives

Stable neither hot nor cold

Soft tiny eggs there to behold



Of such a time, lay vulnerable

For many eggs is tactical

Protection of the animal

Camouflaged with gravel



Frogs and toad, amphibian class

Eggs that float in jelly mass

From tadpole to a metamorph

The stages of which to transform



The brooding pouch of the seahorse

Protection from an outside force

Hatch of species, tiny fry

Plankton their to multiply



Yolk sac feed, young fish growing

Strengthened muscles for swimming

Insect eggs and prawn relish

Hunting groups for bigger fish



Gliding through in forward motion

Darker depths of the ocean

Water wonders plentiful

Such vertebrates are wonderful



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Vertebrates with feathers and tails

Reptiles with their shiny scales

Birds of which that range in size

Returning cycles that comprise



Solid seal, protective shell

Danger near, seek to repel

Contained therein with varied roles

Porous eggs of tiny holes



Nest of twigs, eggs to hide

Incubate the birds inside

Predators across the land

Hiding place beneath the sand



Born to hunt, equipped with age

Acquired mate, there to engage

Age’s grand of which to reach

Return journey to their beach



Storks upon the solid sticks

Within the nest of feeding chicks

Frozen wasteland of no nest

Penguin pouches, eggs to rest



Giant fans attract a mate

Tail feathers, peacocks shake

Birds of tropics, colours bright

Such a ray of sheer delight



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Early stages of nurture, nature commence

Embracing their vulnerability

The warmth of parental care

Expansion and development

Protection from within

Safety of the ******, comfort living

Nutritional supply through the umbilical cord

Where life has begun

There are herbivores ready to run

Gestures of giraffes

Leaping deer

We can but revere

Kangaroo offspring, resting pouch

The young will latch

Preparation for a time beyond

Bonding baboons, close knit group

Enveloped in parental care

Weaned through time, skills combine

Destined to change made to adapt

Camouflaged cheetah cubs

Lion’s thick mane

No longer the same

Daring displays of dominant males

Attainment of adulthood, meet lioness

Echoes of elephants, trumpeting trunks

Whistling whales, swim in song

Advancement in accord, accrued stage

Ripened age



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