A Cornish Hedgerow in High Summer

This is the road
between Advent Church and Camelford

head high with flowers:

Cow Parsley,
Rosebay Willowherb
Vetch and Foxgloves.

When a car passes
you must step into this tangle of flowers
embracing the fragrance of high summer.

It could be any Cornish road in July,
billowing out,
soft tendrils of grey-green,
fronds of ash-white.

Above your head is the flat blue
clear polished afternoon light

and in this enclosed world
there is hidden treasure
if you know where to look.