Thursday 19 May 2016

HULK: AT CAVTAT, NEAR DUBROVNIK...

Cavtat Hulk…

Timbers, dry, parched,
Ribs fractured, arched
And listing hulk lay,
Its days long exhausted,
Cast aside, astray…

Life awry, unattended,
Form loose, distended
And feisty bulk remained,
Its use long exhausted,
Pushed aside, disdained…

Pete Ray
May 2016

Cavtat, near Dubrovnik.

A skeletal hulk of a once proud, if small vessel, seemed to mirror the ageing sportsman leaning upon it…

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