1.
brand new light crinkles
like cellophane on the fields
wakening the birds
2.
scarves of mist muffle
the neck of Whitecastle Hill
a curlew beckons
3.
latches click, doors close
figures move upon the land
singly, intently
4.
the sky is the bright
iris of a peacock's eye
wide and unblinking
5.
starlings swoop and swirl
in a curling wisp of smoke
slowly dispersing
6.
the sunlight settles
in an armchair and watches
its shadows playing
7.
the sky expands and
deepens as the earth contracts
hunching its shoulders
8.
the setting sun slides
its knife between cloud and earth
releasing a skylark
9.
the peacock swells and
spreads a tail of stars across
the darkening sky
10.
midnight comes and sweeps
the valley clean with its broom
moonlight bathes the earth