High summer. Corn ripening in the fields. Birds flying overhead. Our poet Colin Hopkirk paints the scene, on Day 534 of the daily poems …
Feldklavier
at the edge of the field
where the boy was shot
by a crazy old farmer
both barrels it’s said
for stealing sweetcorn
a wooden shrine
lacquered black
with a pitched roof
flower holder
filled with wildflowers
beneath Christ crucified
a photograph
somewhat faded
of a young teen laughing
playing the piano
Colin Hopkirk