Squalling…
(from a painting by Ingrid Grieve: ‘Leaskna Geo Greens, Buckquoy, Birsay, Orkney’…)
Squall’s wings, blackening
To instil fear, rise
And seemingly suck at the queasy surf,
For sinews of ocean cling
To its grim belly as it continues to soar
And foully, irreverently roar,
Its increasing menace barely slackening…
Squall’s soul mesmerising
With a citadel mirage,
Incongruous but hovering above the uneasy surf,
As spewed rain showers are flung
Like waste from the vast belly, flawed
And fall indiscriminately, abhorred
By a coastline berating and chastising…
Pete Ray
8th October 2021
Just thought the storm looked like a huge winged squall and the outline of a citadel seemed to show within the cloud-form.
The coastline looked restless, cussing the approach of inclement weather.
I’m told by the artist that Leaskna Geo is a small inlet on the shore at the Point of Buckquoy in Birsay, Orkney…
Looks amazing…
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