fire's started this year

fires started this year
now fearful pandemic now
river's bursting soon

fires there and floods here

fires there and floods here
intercessions bollocks if 
god's good. must just love

so many demands

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

The Salt Path by Raynor Winn

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

Available at Oxfam Books

#graceandworks

open stopcocks, flow
declog pipes, don't clog, declog
and floods come besides

from space no countries

from space no countries
nor agencies, but rivers
let's flow together

what if church could be

what if church could beas marvellous, concerned, gorgeous
as blue planet II?

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

skimming stones - chesil

skimming stones - chesil
chapel, classroom, meals - cranleigh
lying on floor - home

evening autumn rain

evening autumn rain
morning rice trailer shower
lunchtime river dip

sand martins' neat homes

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

who so find this golden nugget

who so find this golden nugget
to thy true love now do give it!
DESTINY IS ALL

unmappable stars

unmappable stars
purest water streaming loud
heaven fresh so close

The Brendan Voyage by Tim Severin

forty-nine ox hides
stitched greased latticed sailed through whales
gales ice myth history

Amazon books

god can't intervene

god can't intervene

she's spirit not octopus

we can unblock streams

low tide sharpness strange

low tide sharpness strange
warehouse tracks cranes dead or stacked
poised hot for new flow

in it comes it comes

in it comes it comes
blows rumbles flashes roars sods clears
in it shall come more

walk over lane farm

walk over lane farm
road river canal railway
wood. to icecream place 

spring water flows in

spring water flows in
unless too much in the way
or i'm too high up

picked coriander

picked coriander,
wild garlic up back, lentils, 
spud. cheapest soup, best.