Courtesy of Lost Lace Project.
a knot for the nettles and ditches
a knot for the ragwort’s scald
a knot for the ghosts at the holy well
a knot for the missing child
a knot for the bat’s zig-zag flight
a knot for the swallows’ swerve
a knot for the cows bedding down at night
a knot for the apple’s curve
a knot for the butchers’ singing knives
a knot for the sow’s scream
a knot for the hurrying midwives
a knot for the shoals of bream
a knot for the fisherman’s catch
a knot for the hungering nets
a knot for the door on the latch
a knot for a foolhardy bet
a knot for the hand on the window pane
a knot for the glove and the gown
a knot for the barbell weight on the chest
a knot for the lung as it drowns
a knot for the hay and the harvest
a knot for your husbands and wives
a knot for your sons and daughters
a knot for their flickering lives