First published in A New Ulster ANU issue 10.





Keepers 
Nature collects thingsis a hoarder of future finds.stones on the riverbedthat memorize climate changeson natures universal calendarA simple hedgerow in Irelandlayered in various thornoften reveal ancient thingsbeneath and around its presenceto a casual walker, a pile ofold stone from a wall badly erectedto others its natures way ofgiving birth again to past ways.often we forget in the momentour lives so busy.Nature collects thingseven the wind whispers secretsblown through the centuriescaught in the opened mindof the one learning to listen.