from, A Country Diary

 

Wenlock Edge

there are there

nothing for nothing

are also

count for also

tangles labour

count tangles of human labour

of dog years

of human

dog rose those

years of rose thickets

all those thickets of

make all of hawthorn

that make hawthorn

and here that and scattered

at work here scattered poles

of forces at work

poles of ash

irresistible forces

ash saplings are irresistible

saplings among there

are among the grass

woodland

there the grass

the paddock by woodland

the paddock is being reclaimed by

is being reclaimed

is being reclaimed

is being