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Who needs a road? I can reach so many
more places without one. The broody hens
and their eggs are already aboard
as I grasp the wheel to propel them
far over the hills and away. I can’t see
through the windscreen but,
with my feet on the ground,
there’s no need to know what lies behind:
I can hatch any future.
© Rebecca Gethin
Picture 10408656, photograph by John Gay, 1950s, image copyright Mary Evans / Historic England Collection
Rebecca Gethin lives on Dartmoor in Devon. Her collection A Handful of Water was published by Cinnamon Press in 2013 and Three Drops in a Cauldron are publishing a pamphlet called Oracles later in 2016. She is to be a Hawthornden Scholar and runs occasional poetry workshops. She used to teach Creative Writing in a men’s prison and now sells children’s books. Her website is www.rebeccagethin.wordpress.com