'STARTING BLOCK': A POEM ABOUT GOING INTO THE SEA @ PORTHCURNO...

Starting Block, Porthcurno

Threatening eddies of foaming acid

Freeze my feet,

Stun my ankles,

Then burn away the sand:

So that I balance on blocks,

Like on bucket castles,

Stranded, perched

And barely able to stand.

Pete Ray

Porthcurno’s tide seemed to take away my surroundings and I was struggling, like an adult on a skateboard for the first time.