Contents

Ladywell

Lesser Celandine

Snowdrop

Daffodils

Bloodshot Daisies

The Touch

Dogroses

Harebell

The Misgiving

The Hackle

Among the Believers

IED

Spain

The Sweat

Two Photographs

Outside

The Calm

The Action

Herb Bennet

Dandelion

Cyclamen

Goldilocks

Winter-Flowering Jasmine

Vahine

The Other Company

For Hilary Spurling

A Dryad of the Sacred Wood

Homecoming

After the Great Storm

An Innocent

Four Butterflies

Prisoner of War Work

The Subaltern’s Hymnbook

The Hedger’s Mittens

The Oldest Script

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