I saw you from beneath the lush green terrace You were almost hidden from my view I called out to you from the lower path

On the island next to the stars in the cold shadow of the moon I can just see the green lanes that occupy all my

I was swinging on a makeshift swing when I became blind When I say blind I do not mean totally blind as I could make

I first saw you low over the flat canal A bird totally devoid of colour I asked you why you were now so plain You

During the war my father hid six refugees in the garden shed At first I thought that his reasons were altruistic But when the war

A number of years ago you were caught sunbathing topless By a tradesman who came to repair the garden fence You crossed the garden without

In each wood there are selected paths Which lead to the soft meadows beyond These paths are not that easy to find Although you cross

In a small cupboard under the stairs there is a small alarm with flashes green every thirty seconds I have installed this alarm to warn

We have a very large bath in our farm cottage which I am told was previously used as a cow bath This said the size

When I am mad and feary When all the tubes have gone I crawl along High Holborn And think of you with nothing on