April : Tying the vine.

Between sun and april showers…

Tick tock
year clock
vine leaf unfurls.

Walk up the field and down
row by row, vine by vine
stopping to tie new growth.

The old method of tying used a length of twisted willow.

Restrained landscape.

Caste my eye o’r landscape
restrained by man, linear, vernacular
who speaks of wilderness, freedom, survival.

Is that what man is also?
restrained by man, linear, vernacular
who speaks of wilderness, freedom, survival.

If truth be known, acknowledged.