From, A Country Diary

Wenlock Edge (tenth)

of cloud

of flash floods

stair-rods

flash floods

cloud bursting dogs

stair-rods bursting into tempests and dogs

into tempests

thunder, cats and thunder

and lightning

and lightning

cats and lightning

Sandy (third)

from the bathroom

from the door

the back door

bathroom

the bedroom at the back

the bedroom

or the eaves

at, or standing under, the eaves

standing under

standing under

standing

From, A Country Diary

Claxton (third)

 

rooks overhead

rooks that fly

all that fly overhead

sedge warblers, they scratch away

all sedge warblers

mimicking as they scratch away

mimicking linnets

the metal gate

as linnets and clanging the metal gate

and Hereford cattle

Hereford cattle clanging

Hereford cattle

From, A Country Diary

Claxton (second)

here and there

here it is

leaves it is

and there with the leaves it is

with the fresh green leaves it is

fresh green of leaves it is

of blackberry leaves it is

blackberry leaves

leaves it is

leaves it is

leaves it is

it is

whitethroats may creep

whitethroats may

they illuminate

the weather they illuminate

creep among

or the weather

among nettles

as ourselves

or nettles

but as much as ourselves

but as much

but as much

From, A Country Diary

Litchfield Down

here the downs

here the flint

and flint

downs are earth

and are a rolling sea of earth

a rolling sea of a rolling sea of a rolling sea

the arc of a furrow

the arc

the hill

of the hill

of a furrow

and disappears

the crest of

and disappears over

over the crest

riddled and sorted

riddled and spat

and sorted

and spat

and sorted

and spat

and sorted

and spat

and spat