are you prepared for off? Copyright © Victor Weston 2011

I woke with a start, in the middle of the night
I did not know the hour - except it was dark
and light was flooding in illuming

King Arthur Copyright © Richard J Whiting 2011

If you live
A hundred miles
From the coast;

Hunting Cranes at Lakenheath Fen Copyright © Richard J Whiting 2011

The first crane we saw
Was a grey heron;
Masked, comic-book hero

The Weasel Copyright © Thraves Thraveson 2011

A Weaselʼs not Wʼeasily seen
Its long and its lithe and its lean
If the tip of its tail, has a sooty sheen
Youʼd be stoatlly wrong itʼs a stoat that youʼve seen.

Tricks Copyright © Owen Robin Davies 2011

When fires are lit and night begins too soon,
at evening time when light begins to fail,
I catch a shadow in the other room

Don't Miss Me Copyright © Colin Whyles 2011

Don't miss me when I die; use me well.
A square metre of skin will tan
to make a fetching leather hat,

Ladybird Copyright © Jen Overett 2011

When I was maker of your sky,
I sent you playing
Full of fiercest care,

The Well At Woolpit Copyright © Victor Weston 2011

is it credulous still to collect water
from the well at Woolpit?
hearsay has it was used for eye complaints

MARTHA Copyright © Cameron Hawke Smith 2011

She has no own space but this,
the book she has wrapped in a towel
too worn for other service.