Mousehole Mosaic…
(An image of Mousehole, Cornwall, date unknown…)
Resembling a greyscale mosaic, roofs and granite
Dwellings seem to have land-slid from yonder hills
Like pallid mosaic tesserae, awaiting repositioning
Around the gaping quay, where luggers, silhouetted
Black with their spindly masts lie moored at low tide.
Like enfolding arms, the harbour walls rise to spite
The storms and wild, vicious, predatory spills
Of ocean, whilst the weed and boulder strewn beach lies waiting
For the next breach, the next cruel sea assault expected
Upon the huddled Mousehole, its resilience intensified…
Pete Ray
23rd September 2024…
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