Thursday, 24 June 2021

ROCK TURTLE BASKING...

 Rock Turtle Basking…



A giant boulder turtle basked

Upon its back on Mousehole’s shore,

Cooled by a gentle June tide

In joyous, ecstatic relaxation;

Eddies swirled about its anchored shell, masked

By its upturned belly which bore,

Then brushed the insistent waves aside:

A rock turtle sculpted to an ocean’s specification… 


Pete Ray

23rd June 2021



Below the sea-wall along the shore in Mousehole, where a group of sea-battered rocks reminded me of a giant rock turtle lying on its back…

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