What is small and not defended
furtive in the winter ditch
not considered fit for purpose
sometimes to become a rich reward for patience
These sustain us in our realm but
in spring rabbits could not hide
so endless bounty in new cabbage
in swede spring wheat and set-aside
A buffeting of winter rain
luckless sinew organ, bone
from them a sheen
we make more sparse
the bleak spring plain