window-watched

lines of drizzle march up the green-sided valley
past black cows browsing the grass-nobbled hillsides
past drenched sheep
in pairs pressed into heather-topped scrapes
past five ewes in a line alongside
the flat base of the moss-coated quarry
window-watched
lines of drizzle march on up the green-sided valley
past ranks of pines
a slit of white grey sky
in their one gap
window-watched
lines of drizzle march on up the green-sided valley

Sam Smith

Sam Smith is editor of The Journal magazine and publisher of Original Plus books. Author of several novels and collections of poetry, he presently lives in Blaengarw, South Wales. http://thesamsmith.webs.com