Wednesday 13 December 2017

MOUSEHOLE, CORNWALL: a new poem...

To Please the Eye and Appease the Mind

The stark sea-wall is just that: 
Stark.
It aims not to please the eye
But to have a profound effect upon the lashing sea
Of winter’s grey-green whip.

The dark boulders are just that:
Dark.
They aim not to appease the mind
But to cause an effect upon the crashing sea
Of December’s lead-grey rip…

Yet still a Rock Pipit flits,
And a Wagtail performs an undulating flight
To please the eye
And to impress;

Still the Turnstone’s busy beak digs
And an Oystercatcher probes, almost out of sight
To appease the mind
And its distress…

Pete Ray

Along the walkway from Mousehole, towards the Penlee Lifeboat Station…















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