sunlight and shadow two deer bounce through the marsh spiked gorse in yellow dress seed pods brown and empty moss-laden branches, beardy wisps rusty tin can hazel strands droop by the dyke willow herb curlicues broken crockery bits vibrant green rose leaves empty whisky bottle white village on a sunlit hill water mirror dazzle clouds spread across the sky dutchman’s breeches peeking through last season’s dry angelica crumpled plastic shapes willow buds bursting scatterment of bramble arches across the burn a tossed Red Bull rhododendron congregation murmurs of water cracks of crows grab a carrier bag forget the jacket, you’ll get hot faded can of Irn-Bru blackened plastic bottles it’s vodka yes, but whisky not doggy poo bag, another clamber down the dyke, and back squeezed empty blister pack deflated football get them all sunshine and shade red kite soars just overhead a single cry pierces the air the burn gurgles by emergence of fresh nettles a bumbler buzzes there dark branches cover green-edged path endless blue and white expanse the remains of a small deer within the fencing colonnade grassy wisps have snaggled here nearly now to the kissing gate
Roads to Joy 
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