Around The Havens

Cherry

By Rhiannonw

Thu, 21 Sep 2023
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(Pembrokeshire, mid-September)

The sea is vast.
Wave crests rush in,
breaking in white cascade.
Invigorating salty sea-air blast.
Summer’s end, and sand uncluttered
save wrapped-up strollers, and excited dogs,
and later hardy surfers hiking down
to lowtide heaving waves.

 

Certificate U
Poem
Coastal Path
Nature
Autobiography

Comments

Submitted by Di_Hard on

wonderful :0) You have the whole ebb and flow and ozone and brightness

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you! We have had some stormy weather, but also some beautiful weather in these few days for exploration and delight! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, to whoever gave the cherries. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Hi Rhiannon,

just love the sea and miss it so much, but your poem took me there, especially with the beautiful wildness of that photo.

Thank you for sharing.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, Jenny. We live about as far as you can get from the sea in UK, but we have always loved this Pembrokeshire coast, and often had little holidays here, but not for about 4 years with lockdown and health. So it is a lovely pleasure to visit again, and see it in all its moods! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by marandina on

"The sea is vast.
Wave crests rush in,"

 

A scene set so evocatively and then the rest of the poem rolls in like a picturebook tide. Beautiful photo too. Lovely work, Rhiannon. Paul

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you so much for your thoughtful and appreciative comment, Paul. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Tom Brown on

Beautiful! I didn't know you had such surf and sun in England, I don't quite understand the geography there.

They are predicting countrywide storms and flooding we must brace ourselves.

Keep well! Tom

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, Tom. We've had storms this week, but where we were on this little holiday, we also had plenty of time with sun and wind for walks and enjoying the coastal path.

Many of our beaches that have such surf are In West Wales or Scotland I think, and some are cooler and more remote probably. Rhiannon