Wednesday, 18 December 2024

TURNING THE LIGHTS ON: A MEETING OF TIDES... (My poem about Mousehole, Cornwall, December 2024...)

 Turning the Lights On: A Meeting of Tides...



The stroll of retracing my steps

Never seemed the same

Through winter’s sturdy, greyscale streets,

Hiding from my seeking game.


And the wind harangued

And an impatient swell

Beat the baulks icy cold,

As Mousehole waited, stilled and chilled,

Until a simple switch dashed black and grey

Into Christmas images bright and gay...


And the ocean’s tidal bellow and battering furore

Was obliterated by the joy of  Yule-tide’s deafening roar…



Pete Ray

17th December 2024… 


The quiet, grey streets of Mousehole always fascinate me, despite having retraced my steps many times. 





The sea’s tide rattled against the harbour entrance baulks, yet as soon as the Christmas lights were switched on, the village blazed and the massing 

visitors roared Yuletide to the fore...



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