I am waiting with the damp-feathered birds
Ian has had poems published in magazines – ‘The Dawntreader’, ‘Sarasvati’, ‘Poetry Space’.
A gardener, living in Cumbria, now semi-retired he has of late, at last, found time to write more poetry and is keen and excited to contribute to this purposeful Voices project.
Unguided
Another bout of soft September showers merge under
a cloud-roof smudge, sky and earth seamed together
at the (only) near horizon, I can’t see any further.
The summer annealed fells now concealed beyond
these sheep-stripped fields, the splashing stream
and the yellowing leaves of mist-dripping ash trees.
I am waiting with the damp-feathered birds
(the moulting old, the young) through autumn days
when the intrepid go unguided, and the courageous stay.
Today, more than ever, I’m unsure if I am to stay again
or am I yet to prepare to leave, when will I know more
of what life still requires of me? I can’t see any further.
Ian Huckson
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