blackthorn’s

white april dress

blackthorn’s

electric april surf

blackthorn’s

still-framed

april blizzard

blackthorn’s

black twigs &

calligra

phist’s bran

ches brigh

test black as

sea weds land

two foot

steps made

by no person’s

having

stepped

a waver of air for

bones

a shimmer of

mist for

flesh

a lance of

light through

thought

less

branches

for may is

eating

some shape’s

not saying

i’m me

out

rageous may

has gone

and done

it now

may has

set out

upon the horse

chestnut’s

boughs

not only eve’s

& adam’s

naked

remembrances

fig-leaf-bla

tent but

also bundles

of bl

ooms each

cream

cone a

rude

solid

ghost

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Mark Goodwin speaks and writes in various ways. He has books with poetry houses including KFS, Leafe Press, Longbarrow Press, Shearsman Books, & The Red Ceilings Press. Mark was brought up on a farm in South Leicestershire, and now lives with his partner on a narrowboat just north of Leicester.