The Jaws, The Storm…
(Kirsty Elson’s 2019 calendar cover image…)
Blackened, a doom-laden sky
Threatens a two-masted schooner,
Navigating, negotiating
A grey, tomb-like ocean,
Beneath a stubborn full moon,
Its auspicious white gleam
Contemplating, complementing
The boat’s pure white sails
Stirring in the lurching motion…
Blackened, a predatory sea-beast
Devours the two-masted vessel,
Ingesting, digesting
The unsuspecting prey
Beneath one huge, bland eye,
Its incongruous white beam
Unblinking, unshrinking
At the boat’s quivering sails,
Blurring as it lumbers astray…
Pete Ray
November 2018
The new 2019 calendar containing Kirsty Elson’s remarkable designs is now available…
This image is on the cover and although it is surely a black sky, a full moon and a sailing ship, I was reminded too of a sea-monster with a large white eye, a whale-like creature devouring the vessel…
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