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Robert Davey

Inland

The middle of Norfolk. The flatness somehow flatter in winter. Gigantic skies. Clouds, that over Wales and the West are low and often raining, are higher and happily drier.

No coastline. No broad, winding rivers (though  here the Yare starts its journey to Great Yarmouth’s beaches, fish & chip shops and funfair rides).

But many small towns and villages. Flint churches, clay lump houses and an occasional windmill.

And farms.

skyline digger
wheat fields shocked
by clanks

stubble path
littered maize cobs
picked clean

distant woods
dusk sky speckled with
settling jackdaws

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About the Author

Robert Davey is a gatherer of moss in Norfolk, England, checker of locks, helper, occasional haver of fun, lover of boats and books, photographer (mediocre), and reawoken writer of haiku and haibun.