Journey of Words

Tag: Geese

  • on sound

    the geese I lovetheir drifting callsfiltering through the leafless treesI seek the skeinwatch it spread across the ice blue abovesee how it stretches, unfurlscollapsestoward the stubblerises and falls like a sheet in the breezenever quite settlesfolds of nervous ripples run through the flockthey’ve come so far for this?dissenters lift offcirclegather followersreturn to the heavy earthwhere →

  • Eyes Opened

    A flat square of greyed, corner- curled plywoodNailed to the end of a thick poleStaked into the herb bedDiced bacon, toast crumbsMorsel of old appleSeeds, pieces of nutA shard of coconut hung by stringWarm in teddy print pyjamasFace still pillow-creasedI watch them feed as I eatAutumn chill,Folded into school uniform (again)Lying on my backOn the →

  • on autumn

    rich pickings lie herecarpet of horse chestnut leavesremnants of summer ~ n.b. Two Egyptian Geese nosing their way through leaf litter, barely visible in an English city centre. CLP 12/11/2021 →

  • On Water

    Inundation flows finds a level then settles serene water fowl ~ n.b. Today a bitter northerly brought snow to the air and pushed the tide higher, so that the rivers spilled into low pasture, ducks, geese and swans followed. ~ CLP 05/04/2021 →

  • Autumnal

    On fields of decapitated barley, the hollow stubble full with last night’s rain, huge straw reels stand askew; great golden wheels left out to dry in the Sun, emitting a musty warmth, while fungi forms in dewy soil on which the geese reconvene to commence their wintery discourse. These large birds’ clacking beaks break into →

  • Brent Geese

    . Spirals from vast skeins Settle on winter wheat Black snow from Russia . CLP 30/12/2018 →

  • Buzzard

    When brent geese flock Wheel and cloud the winter sky Buzzard stands her ground CLP 28/12/2018 →