Gallows Pole ...

 

I'm reading The Gallows Pole -

Each page is like a stone in a lichened sheepfold - 

A cunning hand shaped these pages -

Evoking an ancient landscape - 

Moorland and deep valleys -

Names of rivers and crags carved into the long years -

I've walked across those high places -

Been chilled by northern rain -

I've seen the last sunlight redden lonely fields -

Heard curlews call in the white sky -

I've been warmed by a golden hearth -

Seen stories rise from its smouldering fire -

Sunday 9 August 2020

The Old School House 

East Stoke 

Dorset