26th June 2018

shaded rose arch
under the searing heat
the hazel tree withers

© Rachel Green 2018

under the brambles,
which snatch mercilessly
at my bare arms
an old, galvanised bucket;
still whole, still sound
after how many years?
Plastic pots and bowls
fragile with age and exposure
bagged up for the refuse site
but the bucket lives on
clanking year after year
worth its weight in steel
still

© Rachel Green 2018