Teetering:
The October Image From Kirsty Elson’s 2018 Calendar…
Dream cottage teeters
Nightmarishly
Close to headland’s edge-
Insecure, precarious;
Vexed gull teeters
Skittishly
Upon sandstone cliff ledge-
Unsure, ravenous…
Nut brown boats teeter
Helplessly
Aground the coarse tideline-
Vulnerable, adventurous;
Tarred umber ropes teeter
Perilously
‘Tween rusted posts benign-
Malleable, pugnacious…
Breeze-blown washing teeters
Warily
From corners pegged tight-
Restrained, fractious;
Local fishing lifestyle teeters
Unerringly
Towards inexorable extinction-
Arraigned, contentious…
Pete Ray
September 2018
Kirsty Elson’s October artwork really made me think about the dying out of local fishing in some parts of Cornwall and Devon.
No idea why…
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