Setting Out

the new runner bean canes are up

a tilting naked guard of honour

saluting themselves unceremoniously

across the empty raised bed

the allotment looks season ready,

tomato wires too have been tightened

and whistle a little in the breeze

but the plants are a fortnight behind,

robins, wrens and tits explore

these new vantage points

now the soil nets are off,

it’s time to face east

hold the pale Muscadet libation aloft and toast

new growth, new crops, new hopes

Published by grahamrsherwood