dewfall
the badger’s track
fresh in the gateway

-Paul Chambers

baled field
a buzzard arcs
against the cloud shelf

-Paul Chambers

morning coolness
the meadow holds the shape
of a deer

-Paul Chambers

sky clearing…
a wren wipes its bill
on a fence nail

-Paul Chambers

night bus…
a handprint fills
with moonlight

-Paul Chambers

late summer heat…
a cow knee-deep
in the irrigation ditch

-Paul Chambers

mist burnt back
a horse grazing
at the edge of the floodplain

– Paul Chambers

magnolia scent…
sunlight in the hairs
along my son’s ear

-Paul Chambers

faint south wind
a twitch of muscle
in the bull’s shoulder

-Paul Chambers

midsummer dusk
a boy rides the farm gate
shut

-Paul Chambers