Yorkshire Location Shoot

The Hullen Edge Birdsong Band

sing the soundtrack

from still bare oak and sycamore.

Eponymous holly stays viridian,

trimming drystone walls like dull tinsel.

Squirrels scurry from hoard to hoard,

watched by a black cat -

with interest or out of boredom.

Wind blows litter, urban tumbleweed

spoiling the composition.

The actors retake their marks

and the next shot is framed

by nature's second unit director

ready for springtime's Mr De Mille

as the day's camera rolls.

Footnote: "hullen" is an old Yorkshire word for holly