Wednesday 31 August 2016

From, Country Diary




Backstone Bank


woodland gone
woodland and wood sorrel
and gone were the primroses, wood sorrel
were the songs, sanicle, primroses
songs of woodruff, sanicle
of wood, of woodruff
wood warblers
flowers of warblers
and of spring flowers and blackcaps
the carpet of spring
blackcaps gone too
gone too the carpet
gone too





Saturday 27 August 2016

From, A Country Diary



Drakewalls


now bright
now trees are birch trees
are bright with the lady’s mantle
birch with the summery purples and lady’s mantle
summery purples of fleabane and of selfheal
vetch, fleabane, selfheal, thistle
with yellow vetch, thistle, buddleia
interspersed with yellow
buddleia, rosebay and knapweed interspersed
rosebay and knapweed
rosebay and knapweed
rosebay




Friday 12 August 2016

MORESTEAD





HERE COMMONS MET
 THE FARM ACRES 
 OF THE SOUTH 
EACH WORLD
THE MANY
BOUGHT
FIRS
OF
ROAD
SERVED
OLD LAND
DOWN LEIGH
OF THE GRASS
 AND THEIR RENT 
 NEAR PARISH LANE