VERNAL WRECKS

"VERNAL WRECKS"
Maragaret Ann Waddicor. 14th October 2010.

Crossed twigs, cracked limbs,
a nose protruding, granite mossed
sarcophagus lid, stark Winter's drought,
spilt seed pods black, antler shapes,
bones brittle, broken, bleached,
brown leaves, layered maps,
the season's robbing sap.

Bleating streams scream,
cleaned out frosted roots,
bleeding reds of fallen beasts,
scoured lake, blank face paled,
impaled bark, feathered fringes faded.

Fathoms deep, all sleeps,
weep drops of dew, sharp light, white,
wizened fronds, bracken blackened,
patterned ponds shallow,
dark moulds, mounds, abrupt sounds,
echoes cold across the waste.

Howl wolf, bark fox, squeak mouse,
cackle crow, sigh curlew slow,
torn, seared, smeared, driven,
blizzard tossed, iniquitous,
relentless vernal equinox.