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The familiar green world
Beyond the hill opening
Into heaviness, old lawrentian words
Sprouting up and pushing
Fecund, heavy and burgeoning:

The familiar green world
Beyond the one we know
Tread upon but opening
Behind it
Here, now

The familiar green world
Beyond
A child's picture
Of the wild world
Opening out around

The familiar green world beyond
Any one spot
Only comings into growth
And dying in a dance
Opening to this

Familiar green world
Beyond