Wednesday, 8 August 2018

Pursuit#11(second)



flag-bed marshy flag-bed
    and through
a small marshy burdock
    and through a small teasel and burdock
and through
    with teasel and burdock
and in
    with teasel and burdock
filled in with teasel and bramble
    filled in with
and bramble filled in
    gorse and bramble filled
oak, gorse, and bramble
    scrub, oak, gorse, and of scrub
oak, gorse, tangled thicket of scrub oak
    a tangled thicket
of scrub
    through a tangled thicket of
seaward through a tangled thicket
    led me seaward through a water
led me seaward through the running water
    led me seaward
brook, the running water led me
    brook, the running water
brook the running brook


Tuesday, 22 May 2018

Pursuit #10



through gateways and through gateways
    ploughed fields and among sheepfolds
and several ploughed fields
    and among sheepfolds
of several ploughed fields
    and the edges of several ploughed fields
along the edges of several ascend
    along the edges of
to ascend along the edges
    I had to ascend along
return, I had to ascend to return
    I had to
I refused to return
    I had as I refused to return
it served as I refused
    to which it served as I refused
the fields which it served
    as into the fields which it served
having emerged into the fields
    which to exist having emerged into the fields
it ceased to exist having emerged into
    until it ceased to exist having emerged
and stones until it ceased to exist
    of mud and stones until it ceased
bed of mud and stones
    until a river bed of mud and stones
than a river bed of mud no better than
    a river bed where it was no better than a river
untrimmed hedges where it was no better than
    under untrimmed hedges where it was no better
down under untrimmed hedges
    where it was precipitously down under untrimmed hedges
then precipitously down under
    and then precipitously down
uphill and then precipitously uphill
    and then uphill and uphill


Thursday, 8 March 2018

Pursuit #7




 I had England I had
    must have reached all over England
which must have reached all over songs
    which must have reached all of larks’ songs
which must have a chain of larks’ songs
    which oaks by a chain of larks’ songs
in the roadside oaks by a chain of larks
    missel-thrushes in the roadside oaks
by a chain away by missel-thrushes
    in the roadside oaks by
sung away by missel-thrushes
    in the roadside was sung away by missel-thrushes
I hoped was sung away by as I hoped
    was sung rain as I hoped
was the rain as I hoped
    of the rain as end of the rain
the end of the grass
    the end of drenched grass
the end the drenched grass
    the arches of the drenched grass
the arches of the drenched
    in the arches of the white
in the arches of very white
    in the stitchwort very white
in the stitchwort very white and the stitchwort very, very green
    and the stitchwort leaves very green
and the leaves very green
    and leaves, very green leaves