A Winter Solstice Renga
at Fair Hill, Haltwhistle,
on 22nd December 2019.
A yard of sunlight
4.19, licked awake
by the dream fox
skulking across the fells
midwinter mist
unwraps the river
remember the arrow on the map
this could be the place
where old timbers revive a door
her shadow sharpens
blurs, doubles
new earth being made
from this year’s leaves
the fluff of jumpers
Picasso-like bird’s wing –
plaster flying
outside the December dusk
firelight inside
I warm my hands
how many footfalls
on these bare boards?
Aesica was built by the legions
left dry
aqueduct unconnected
impossible now
to not have you
presently the character
of his adoration
became clear
we are eight
circling the red box
if only words
were only air
rising
a yard of sunlight
at the north end of the garden
the little tree
sings
in the rusty bucket
stamped on thin ice
a thousand fragments of starlight
sonata gathered in
to one dense sound
above the rooftops
bulbs turn
from waiting to watching
empty fields
left to the rooks
snow is coming
tomorrow is the shape
of a leaf.
Participants:
Birtley Aris
Jo Aris
Matilda Bevan
Linda France
Sharon Higginson
Liz Kirsopp
Christine Taylor
Clara May Warden
Light Sculptures by Michael Seal/Lumicube
