Enforcement.
Hard blue winds of winter
shake thin-coated ewes close under hedgerows
and flake old granite walls
with a splintering bite.
Mild green winds of spring gust
life to dead grass-growth, birthing first roses
and patch passing cloud-shawls
in small holes of clear sky.
Hot red winds of summer
droop every stalk with breathless air- sizzle
and sear to wither all
fruit on blister-dry vine.
Gold-crisp winds of autumn
paint gilt-laden distance with bracing gleam
and spread shiver-mornings
as chill grips the cool-time.
Year\'s unruly winds change
on whim to precocious abuse-bolts showing
poor human enforcement
to vagary\'s climate.