Celtic sand-scumbled Helvetia’s ribs, half-emerged, reach for the sunlight; nibbled by Atlantic waves, disappearing day by day. Kim M. Russell, 2017 My twenty-eighth response to Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017: Life is Beautiful A sight I would like to see before the waves eat her away: the remains of the Helvetia, shipwrecked near Rhosili on […]
Tag: Shipwreck
Withstanding Life’s Wreckage
Life’s storm blows in from elsewhere. She’s wrung out, Washed up By a swollen sea. Breakers bear down, Rolling in interminable hosts, Torrents of foamy ghosts, The only sounds of wind And her wails: Her mast is broken, Jerking in a tangle of rigging and sails. With Morpheus’ help, she dives under And drifts into […]
Wreck of a Schooner
In the darkest gloom A cannon’s boom Blew into dreams from elsewhere, Roused by the raging storm And the wreck of a schooner, The promise of cargo Washed onto the beach By the swollen sea. Breakers bore down, Rolling in interminable hosts, A torrent of foamy ghosts, The only sounds of wind and whales, And […]
A love poem written some time ago
Shipwreck In the clinging night Your face was laden with dreams. I was silent, Watching with quiet trembling The rise and fall of your chest, The gentle movement Of the hairs above your lip, The flutter of your eyelids. In the cocoon of sleep, You knew nothing Of my curiosity. ~ You smiled And touched […]
writing in north norfolk 