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Pauline Stainer
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They came down hollowaysbetween blue sloes.
I have come to know
that register of blue-darks
juniper berries deepening
through woodsmoke
the pungency of bruised herbs
at dusk
slow-burn
of driven beasts
blue intake of breath
at pasture beyond.
© 2008, Pauline Stainer
From: Crossing the Snowline
Publisher: Bloodaxe Books, Northumberland
From: Crossing the Snowline
Publisher: Bloodaxe Books, Northumberland
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Drovers
They came down hollowaysbetween blue sloes.
I have come to know
that register of blue-darks
juniper berries deepening
through woodsmoke
the pungency of bruised herbs
at dusk
slow-burn
of driven beasts
blue intake of breath
at pasture beyond.
From: Crossing the Snowline
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