BANN EVENING
A slow stillness settles
with a clearness of sky.
Cloud wisps thread a low sun.
The dune sand is cool,
spiked rushes straight
in the still air;
yellow gorse reflecting
the fading bright.
Country train toylike
snakes the quiet fields;
rhythmic shatter – then it is gone.
Passive cattle
in slow munch
swish indolent tails.
Midges hover unperturbed.
Above,
the clear high cry of the curlew.