'So, get real, raven, on your highest perch...' Photo: Sergio Ibanez / Unsplash.

'After God' by Jonathan Wooding

After God

'After God' by Jonathan Wooding

by Jonathan Wooding 24th January 2020

Get real, raven, on your highest perch –
winter sun can catch your beak yet,
O, silhouette on the empty sky.

Larch has lost her colour now.
Cattle hold their peace. Lichen
prospers on the ancient cherry.