Friday 23 February 2007

Up with the Spring

If we dismantle can the wild revive
around us? Cows paddle in this canal
clogged with no cargo now. Foxes crisscross
this ex-train track: rail-less nettle-lined trail,
soot-black from decades of coal-dust and grit.
Muddy trail where mares trot, dogs walk, I run.
Wild riverbank garlic; corianderscent. The weir fizzes the air with freshness.

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