Fenland Sketch: 1


Ploughing deep furrows in the black wet earth
yields mummified branches of ancient trees.

Rivers run straight as the mythical career of heroes;
old roads meander like comfortable lives.

No hills, nothing for houses to nestle in,
your every deed is seen by your neighbours' God.

This stark grandeur challenges even self-deception;
you glare back at the emptiness, or you run.


This poem was published in the November 2001 edition of Island (Scotland).

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