Matthew Francis is the author of four Faber and Faber poetry collections, most recently Muscovy (2013). He lives in West Wales, UK, and lectures in creative writing at Aberystwyth University.
More By This Poet
Ant
All afternoon a reddish trickleout of the roots of the beech
and across the lawn,
a sort of rust that shines and dances.Close up, it proves to be ant,
each droplet a horned
traveler finicking its way roundthe crooked geometry
of a grass forest.
A finger...