"Markings" ("Seeing Things")

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

too tired sad to cry

too tired sad to cry
fires omnipotence choking
and this new decade

go, be with owls, watch

go, be with owls, watch
stars and vastness, ever more,
always with us, come

The Salt Path by Raynor Winn

homeless, death, coastpath
"strip of dirt had become home...
"I was...wind...rain...sea"

Available at Oxfam Books

night of restlessness

night of restlessness
mummy marie climbs in cot
she turns towards, sleeps

now more hair than me

now more hair than me
more exploration wonder
smiles laughs. watch and learn

wow. baby turns twice

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

great western map

great western map
full of red lines dots memories
wish i could ask you

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

oldest avenue

oldest avenue
through it walks our not yet born
exquisite mystery

happy hols ending

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

years ago we walked

years ago we walked
twixt villages: bears friends feasts
nepal; ancient here

silver and gold bond

silver and gold bond
always, just for you and me
diamond, conflict free

sand martins' neat homes

sand martins' neat homes
whence they fly fast and low
over their river

on earth! as at death

on earth! as at death
walking on bunting shadow
a plus! and again!

gloucester to lincoln

gloucester to lincoln

trains, laptop, homeless SIB group

cathedrals, fields, skies

on train slowly up

on train slowly up
to crossing where colin died
daaaaaaaaaaaaaaad... oh, upturned car

2000 steps, years

2000 steps, years
new sights, lose path, re-find
we're back home, count on

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