Thursday, 5 October 2017

THE PURTON HULKS, RIVER SEVERN, GLOUCESTERSHIRE...

Hulks

Grasses shifted by estuary breezes
Hissed an accompaniment
To featured birdsong;
Warm sun baked the inviting mire
Around rusting iron,
Yet graffiti emphasised ignorance…

Weed shifted by tidal river
Attested an encroachment
To lush vegetation;
Warmer sun hardened the streaked mud
Around concrete hulks,
Yet vandalism symbolised irreverence…

Plaques, nestled by caring ‘Friends’,
Invoked a folklore
To twisted wrecks;
Warmest sun stripped the bleached wood
Around absurd projections,
Yet peace exemplified significance…


Pete Ray

















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