Forgotten Ground Regained
Christmas Walk
Here a pond-surface peaceful,mirror though moved by the mallards,the murk-sky repeats.
Leafless aloof-tilted,an ash-tree up-angles in ire-tautlour at my act.
All is wattle of withyin the fencing that fends me off from fair-pool,with a full worn face.
Copyright © Thaliarchus, 2023
First published in Forgotten Ground Regained: A Journal of Alliterative Verse, New Series, Issue 1, Winter, 2024