moorland tormentils

moorland tormentils
we all charge roar enlivened
warm hands on cold ears

"Markings" ("Seeing Things")

"Markings" ("Seeing Things")
"...marked...spot...time...held it open"
Stone circle / church / lives

full moon tonight. lambs

full moon tonight. lambs
will our wretched PM die?
don't pray. do hope not

so many demands

so many demands
be herdwick by dartmoor stream
be again a bit

wow. baby turns twice

wow. baby turns twice
getting head round pelvic way
down into our world

The Old Ways by Robert MacFarlane

give good friends this joy!
chalk sea silt peat gneiss ghost scapes
iamb of i am

Old Ways - Amazon

happy hols ending

happy hols ending
somehow should pull this wagon
the show must go on

evening autumn rain

evening autumn rain
morning rice trailer shower
lunchtime river dip

where we're small, you're big

where we're small, you're big
mountains, moors; listening, love; death
when we're small, you fill

where farms and moor meet

where farms and moor meet
we walk up, round, ears colder
to ponies tender

ancient and modern

ancient and modern
moorland meditation mass
move from self to awe

snoozed a while in wood

snoozed a while in wood
moss for pillow, rock for feet
gnarled oaks parasol

autumn sun dartmoor

autumn sun dartmoor
highlands bracken leaves endless
orange worth the mists

ancient cross looks drunk

ancient cross looks drunk
swaying dancing weathered wild
alone in glory

 

dogs shouting and quads

dogs shouting and quads
round em up and bring em down:
lovely lush lowlands

 

great granite needed

great granite needed
to enfold delicately
to enable sky

rowan tree is old

rowan tree is old
its clapper bridge way older
its moor more fresh still

stone circle so old

stone circle so old
back to jesus and again

focus here in vast

vast emptiness full

vast emptiness full
have focus so all comes in
and all goes out, warm

golden plovers call

golden plovers call
we follow in mist their swoops
home to cat's red thrush