Tuesday, 4 March 2025

HUNT CLIFF, SALTBURN, NORTH YORKSHIRE... (My new poem inspired by Sue Nichol's painting...)

 Hunt Cliff, Saltburn, North Yorkshire…

(Inspired by Sue Nichol’s painting…)



Spiky beach grass hunches, turning from the wrath and spite 

Of the North Sea, as it swirls and hurries, lurches and scurries ashore.

Grim storm clouds in turmoil, like troubled minds, fight

And spit cruel rain, which hurtles and sweeps, lashes and seeps ashore.

Hunt Cliff lies grey and insignificant in the grim and murky light

Shrouding Saltburn’s sands, as it mists and dulls, squirms and hauls ashore…  


Pete Ray

3rd March 2025…


Hunt Cliff is a nature reserve at Saltburn, North Yorkshire…


The painting’s turmoil is strangely endearing…

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