Lichen on the bare tree ...

I was moving the logs -

Sullen pine, wet from the rain -


I saw the toad -

Visible now to the world -


An ancient shape under the twilight sky -

No birds were singing -


There were snowdrops in the churchyard -

Lichen on the bare tree -



Saturday 1 February 2020


The Old School House
East Stoke
Dorset