Thought for the Week: Meeting for Worship at North Gate, Faslane Naval Base

'Meeting for Worship at North Gate, Faslane Naval Base' by John Anderson

by John Anderson 28th February 2014

On the far side of the roundabout
Pyramidal orchid, tormentil, silverweed.
Three small streams, toppling over rocks,
Improvise tranquil cadences
While a scrum of compact birch
Crowd to the tree line
Whence swells the heather hill.
High above all, a pair of buzzards
With wings outstretched,
Bank and turn,
Bank and turn on the jostling wind
Making effortless altitude.