Then & Now: Lolling Like Floating Barrels
(from a picture by the artist Gillian Jansen)
Then the tubs rolled and lolled,
Like they were shaking their sterns
Like they were shaking their sterns
With a rhythmical momentum,
The Jack Russell having gained its sea-legs,
Whilst the gull’s expression sours
At the lifting and shifting of the hold
At the lifting and shifting of the hold
And its bobbing and throbbing ad infinitum…
Now the vessels wrench and lurch in sprightly
Manner, as if performing for the huddled
Seafront dwellings, the congregation
Of the parish church nestled, stony grey;
Yet overseeing this display of a brightly
Hued harbour and seabirds, befuddled,
Lies Pendennis Castle, a fascination,
Its dominance impressive above Falmouth Bay…
Pete Ray
July 2020
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