Milbank Field by William Marsland.

[billy]

Silky tendrils twist and outward lift
from ears of long stalked corn.
Dream catchers
for field mice and would be lovers
on long yellow day walks.

[addy]

Silky tendrils twist and outward lift
from ears of long stalked corn.
Dream catchers
for field mice and would be lovers
on long yellow day walks.

Love this one, really evocative.

BTW, I just noticed, why "would be" lovers and not just lovers?

[billy]

people who aren't in love are surely would be lovers

oops, almost forgot.

thanks for the feedback addy.

[Bianca Alabaster]

Silky tendrils twist and outward lift > smooth start love this
from ears of long stalked corn.
Dream catchers >great idea
for field mice and would be lovers
on long yellow day walks. >beautiful closing, yellow day

walks, so charming.

Great piece!

[billy]

Silky tendrils twist and outward lift > smooth start love this
from ears of long stalked corn.
Dream catchers >great idea
for field mice and would be lovers
on long yellow day walks. >beautiful closing, yellow day

walks, so charming.

Great piece!

thanks for the kind words Mimi.

[addy]

people who aren't in love are surely would be lovers

Ah, I see now. There's an element of potential there that suits the harvest field setting.

It's pretty much perfect anyway

[grannyjill]

I had no idea who William Marsland was and as I'm still fairly new I thought you were posting a poem by some celebrated poet for critical analysis.

Not that it now makes any difference knowing that it is you, the celebrated 'billy' -

This is lovely...I have a special fondness for harvest mice since I was bought 'The Inquisitive Harvest Mouse' when I first learned how to read (not that that is of any interest to you)

long yellow day walks - 'you'm a poet, ar kid' - slipped into Black Country dialect there. (I'm glad you resisted the urge to get 'stalk' on the end of the line to make an end stopped rhyme with 'walks)