The crows were paper cut-outs against the light,
\nThe tree an ink spill.
\nTheir voices cut-out voices as they took their flight
\nWhilst the birds in the hedgerow trailed watercolours.<\/p>\n
The endless clouds were writer\u2019s block,
\nDampness eating through the page,
\nAnd at the skyline, bleeding up,
\nThe church towers leaked villages.<\/p>\n
In shattered fields, between the trees,
\nBeneath the troubled sky,
\nBarley was vivid only as a memory.
\nAnd the frost built sparkling sculptures too ephemeral.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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