Headland huddled holding staggered ground,
house held fragile against the misted sea,
in distant gazing, silenced windows;
nothing but the sigh of breathing waves is found.
As if dropped at once into final, steady place,
with each rock gathered from the falling cliff,
and pressed tightly into possibility and hope;
so does this small refuge sit with grace.
High above the suck and shrug of salty ocean,
tossing songs of crusting, ancient words,
cossetted by golden, keening bush and leaf;
trailing dusty hands with eloquent emotion.
Horizon hurls itself into its brutal destiny,
far away from what is here and now,
calling softly on the scuds of foaming light;
so my home sits quiet, ever waiting.
http://margoroby.com/2015/09/29/poem-tryouts-this-is-where-i-want-to-be/
Brilliant writing and that image is apt.
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful:
ReplyDelete"High above the suck and shrug of salty ocean,
tossing songs of crusting, ancient words"
This is really lovely: and the third stanza is outstanding. Bravo.
ReplyDeleteThis is really lovely: and the third stanza is outstanding. Bravo.
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