Sonnet: ‘I found a ball of grass among the hay’ by John Clare

I found a ball of grass among the hay
And progged it as I passed and went away,
And when I looked I fancied something stirred
And turned again and hoped to catch the bird,
When out an old mouse bolted in the wheat
With all her young ones hanging at her teats.
She looked so odd and so grotesque to me,
I ran and wondered what the thing could be
And pushed the knapweed bunches where I stood,
When the mouse hurried from the crawling brood.
The young ones squeaked and when I went away
She found her nest again among the hay.
The water o’er the pebbles scarce could run
And broad old cesspools glittered in the sun.


Source: Toby Jones reads John Clare, 2019

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