Mark Jarman’s poem “Northern Insomnia” appeared in NER 13.3-4 (1991):
Passing out of the rain into dull cloudlight,Through heather, a field of sleep, and rock,Into the discovery of waterAnd with it the recognition of wind.
Dark water, water showing,In a basin cut lengthwise below a hill,Nothing of the sky, a sheepish gray,Nothing of the eye’s desire for rest…