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under the green line
landing blue tits white through magpie flight fullfrost fullmoon between frost and spring february new dandelions snow on ridges, holme moss sidesnow it began straight past the house
and down the lane at the back, it flattened against windows change of light’s still pale march aircold under shadows trees over nab in low sun what is that pale over and shadow across? gradations of colour shafts of light up to blue as in sky tell me if you see any good sticks said the boy last snow leaving and march walking into the sun snowdrops frost-closed song cows staring in line morning leaves like bird bird-leaves falling from the road this nab is flatter, sloping gentle across cows at grass at head level above the path eye sight shifts sky dark hides hair in a corner bellies brown dewlaps tails flicking two split off begin calling across path to chorus standing up casting shadow against each other wall black bites the field white crosses stone water falls crisis over each step grass in mud under ice |