10th March 2014.
Tilting at windmills
with hogweed stalks.
Crabby apples
and love-bitten damson.
A Sherlock greatcoat,
a turquoise wink
to
ice climbing in Glencoe.
But to Angus for the tatties,
the howkin
the berries
for the slates in the buckets at the weighing.
(notes – These conversations came about from a trip with the conservation group to a piece of waste land behind the Michelin factory in Dundee. The title Plunkin’ is playing truant from school.Sherlock and wink refer to herons and knigfishers spotted along the burn. The slates in the bottom of the buckets was a trick to get more money from the farmers. )
dominique cameron 