Monday 29 February 2016

From, A Country Diary


Allendale (second)


of spruce
of ferns
ivy and ferns
spruce, larch
ivy and ferns
larch, sycamore
ivy and ferns
sycamore and ivy
and ferns and birch
ivy and ferns
birch
beneath lies –
 ivy and ferns
beneath lies a muddle
ivy and ferns
a muddle of fallen –
ivy and ferns
of fallen branches
ivy and ferns
branches and ivy and ferns
and plants
ivy and ferns
plants that –
ivy and ferns
that jostle one –
ivy and ferns  
jostle one another
ivy and ferns
another bramble
ivy and ferns
bramble, dog’s mercury
ivy and ferns
dog’s mercury
ivy and ivy and ferns
ivy and ferns
ivy and ferns
ferns



Monday 22 February 2016

From, A Country Diary




Haslington Trail


and green
and like grass
like green shoots
the grass shoots
raindrops in the raindrops glitter
glitter in glitter

bright yellow
bright path
well-trodden path
yellow flowers
well-trodden path
flowers embroider
well-trodden path
embroider the well-trodden path
the well-trodden
well-trodden path
well-trodden path
well-trodden path









Friday 19 February 2016

From, A Country Diary





South Uist (second)


now and again
now and then
seas and then again other seas
and then other waves
seas and then waves
presumably seas
and then presumably in seas
and then in response to seas
and then response to underwater
seas and then underwater rocks
seas and then rocks form at –  
seas and then form at right angles
seas and then right angles to the seas
and then to the oncoming seas
and then oncoming seas
and seas
and then seas
and then seas
and then



Monday 15 February 2016

From, A Country Diary




Wenlock Edge (eighth)



raven or raven
– it, what was it?
or buzzard
– what was it?  
buzzard, see  
– what was it?
see it
– what was it?
it up there
– what was it?
up there or
– what was it?
or did they
– what was it?  
did they only
– what was it?  
only look
– what was it?  
look down
– what was it?  
down, could
– what was it?  
could the
– what was it?  
the smaller
– what was it?  
smaller furtive
– what was it?  
furtive birds sense
– what was it?  
birds sense anything  
– what was it?  
anything in the
– what was it?  
in the sky
– what was it?  
sky
–what was what?  
was it what was?  
– it, what was it?