240 belonging

black dog wont leave me
without my belonging you're
nothing he whispers

239 sycamore held by stars

under the tree pinned
to the sky like all good things
in the end - darkness -
and the horses behind me
eating grass mixed with starlight

238

rain falls on the bird
huddled beneath autumn leaves
studied acceptance

237 pond wood

fire and ice from sky
feet shave spray over wide wings
parent then cygnet

236 gaddon loch

moon rests in blue sky
i walk around the waters
three hundred geese fly

235

land dog boat dog sea
dog beach dog dead dog marooned
with sand shells sun stars

234 Hide

Watching swans upside
Down life their beaks re-emerge
Brimming weed and loch
I wonder what's inside me
Up on hill unwatched cows chew

233 dunfermline public park

silent flat circles
under trees hemmed by traffic
walking into sky

232

after i shot black
dog i walked into numb sea
above serene sky

(sally brampton)

231

You run pulling sky
To fence then frolic Apple
Like rain on my shoes

230

light against the fence
a cloud fallen with the rain
stand in sweet washed grass
eat a hungry returns worth
winter and apples and me

229

two cows
sharing shelter
under tree lick and lean
as one being in another
still love

228 bee's freedom

a dream of moonlight
you running uphill laughing
to vanish in sky

227

supplicant fawn moves
deeper into wild garlic
as i turn to leave

226 bee

red dog
danced all her days
bright curiosity
all her hours richly devoured
rockets

225

heard tears for a cat
you crumpled in windowsill
saw tears for brother
you with mourners unflinching
i shout snow and hurl darkness

224 attempted murder

egg lured into cage
frantic at my approach crash
and crash against wire
doors locked posts firm too heavy
then - wire prised freedom - bye crow

223 stoneywood

first we hit the dog
then we all got off the bus
to be silent rain

222

a man circles park
with bags of seed and a dog
birds twos and threes eat

221 banjo departs

it was quiet and
still that is that then apples
autumn winter gone

220

black dog brings ashes
"i have burned your past again"
senseless we walk on

219

pines throwing time sky
high leaves underneath whisper
woodpecker hollows

218

our relationship
time taken to eat apples
by edges of trees

217

quiet field beside road
three deer graceful form wild peace
bridging centuries

216 king's seat hill

five walk five snow miles
into clouds hiding hills snow
blinds us and binds us

215

up this hill again
but older by days months years
different birds sing

214

retail park birdsong
turns concrete to foliage
and winter to spring

213 new threat to planet

global wording, too
much talk overheating earth,
shut up say experts

212 wormit

climbing fields to sky
low with rain mud hugs our boots
all the trees silent