
Fay, grey groaning man,
squat on the shoulder of the hill.
A robin flits to dry stone wall,
stones heavy with moss that moulders,
ingrained in memories of a thousand pilgrims.
Aching bray of spring-mad horses in the hills,
tickling breeze in the welt of summers melt.
on blue, while clouds race low over the hills brow.
bright spent snow crackling on pine,
pillows of gossamer thin skin over willow and yew,
boughs creak in the calm of winters spring loaded dawn.

