Knotwork

 

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 …

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