A Croft or a Toft,
when seen from aloft,
can often be mistaken
for a series of shapes and lines
(dating back to Mediaeval times);
those who know
are keen to show
what the aerial pictures mean;
with ridge and furrow,
from an ancient plough,
and a manor house
(that’s ‘not there now’)
dove cotes, and a pond beyond,
and all manner of by-gone things –
until soon enough we can almost understand,
how hard was the life upon the land.
Graeme Sandford 