1. in airslurry,
in halfhail
& the
mountain is,
sign and sight
streams
flow
-ers
thin out
as you get
higher
2. clouds pulse
and clear (sky)
shadows flicker
(as) eyelids close
3. a bag
(poly-
thene) snap
-ped from a roll
to hold ‘snap’, a
roll
off each
booted foot, the
road’s camber
4. rain in
the neck, into
another –
each drip drops
through strata
to touch –
5. water’s
sough,
rain
’s sign
bows
over
rain too
over the
roof-ridge
in tune
6. drop drupe
on twig quickens
to brightness
silverquick
from arborescence:
7. nimbus.
shouting
at nothing, spats
of rain
go, slowly
8. the old term, frankly:
pea-soup,
misty mornings,
simple motion, the old
tune, the
air
9. foot
de-
press
-ed
on the
ground,
daily
grind,
not
across a field
10. hill figures
prefigured
dust
in the throat
the word ‘water’
thirst
for the word
the word
yes
merely spoken
this morning
11. cloud
across
land,
pleats
folded
on
folds
valley
streams
away
for Tony, Liz & Liam