Not yet Christmas Engorged rivers Tug steadily at bank-side roots Drag at moorings Carry off great trunks of dead willow . Three mallards caught in an eddy Dance like Bretons A slow, rhythmic circle Passing gradually beneath the arch Spinning off downstream Oblivious to the rising flood . CLP 28/11/2019
Not yet Christmas
Engorged rivers
Tug steadily at bank-side roots
Drag at moorings
Carry off great trunks of dead willow
.
Three mallards caught in an eddy
Dance like Bretons
A slow, rhythmic circle
Passing gradually beneath the arch
Spinning off downstream
Oblivious to the rising flood
.
CLP 28/11/2019
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