faint south wind
a twitch of muscle
in the bull’s shoulder
midsummer dusk
a boy rides the farm gate
shut
river bridge the distance of my prayer
faint evening snow
the heron’s dive
deepens the cold
lengthening light
a fallen elm
bridges the stream banks
leaden skies
a calf drinking rain
from a tractor track
freeing itself
of itself
the thawing stream
failing light –
snow trampled to mud
around the hayrack
moonlight
in the breath of hill cattle
deepening cold
mountain path
star by star
the sky deepens