outer southwest 8 minutes
The Drive Moor Place Woodlands Woodlands Avenue Westfield Grandstand Road
A lark sings  from an unseen perch    somewhere in the rough grass
The squall hits        a chocolate labrador   comes to explore
Crows criss-cross the grassland below me

outer southwest 12 minutes
The Drive Moor Place Woodlands Woodlands Avenue Westfield 
 Grandstand Road
Down the hill  down the wind      comes the traffic noise
From nowhere   golden plover lift   a skylark     and then the merlin

inner west 7 minutes
The Drive
Two runners    two cars          one plane
In the sunshine    a blue tit calls      and a nuthatch responds
Pushed by tree roots         the kerb stones billow down the street

outer southeast 1 minute
The Drive Moor Crescent Moorfield Highbury Oakland Road
Sparrows delight   in the hedge     
and a rotted board    in the eaves

Day 59 Thursday March 4th

outer west 1 minute
The Drive Westfield Drive Parker Avenue
Over the wall    snowdrops and crocuses    
push up    through the cold wind

inner southeast 9 minutes
The Drive High Street Little Moor Highbury
A secret pond     an island bench    tucked behind a hazel coppice
Bee hives    quiet in the chill morning
Against the traffic   the birds keep in contact     but little song

inner south 9 minutes
The Drive High Street Great North Road
A cold mist    in still air
Pulse of traffic   clang of gate    walkers   runners   dogs

outer southeast 8 minutes
The Drive High Street Little Moor Highbury Brentwood Avenue Fairfield Road
The dawn-lit moon hangs      in the cold of the frosted dawn
Motorway sound   is unrelenting 
Sparrows chat and robin sings     inside the traffic’s seething