Messing about

At Shiplake Lock, Thames

Tranquil Thames
quiet celebration of
our alloted span

Landscape in a wall

Seen from above, the fields
of lichen and stone
lead the imagination

In black and white
the lesser redpole
delicately made by a countryman
(thomas Bewick)

river of tears

once unleashed
they swell into a stream
a river
an ocean

gateway

shapes, shadows
a gateway to imagination

glimmers of light

clouds, solid grey today
mask the light
like my heart

feathers

feathers and stones
shells and twigs
mementos of wandering
absorption