Watch them skimming stones
I feel such smoothness in hand
An age old moment
Copyright Francis 2022
Haiku: Age Old
Tag: ocean
Haiku: Shake Down
Strand against the sea
Winter’s violence raging
Shake down for the new
Copyright Francis 2022
The Pilgrims Reach the New World – Now What? — SaylingAway (Reblog)
As I mentioned in my last post, land was first sighted from the Mayflower on November 20, 1620, after a voyage of 66 days. Captain Jones determined it was Cape Cod and turned south to reach the land for which the Separatists had a patent – land which was located north of the Hudson River […]
The Pilgrims Reach the New World – Now What? — SaylingAway
Migrators (Poem for Earthweal)
By the hard side
of the shore,
abutments jutting out
into raging waves,
I paused,
an incessant gale buffeting
my puny frame.
Dark promontories
primed me through sea mist;
they caught my gaze,
my historic sense,
like the herring gulls circling,
riding the howling wind.
I sensed you there,
your sea-grey eyes
staring into nothing,
your soft sing-song voice
of the Borders,
ready to spoil me with sweets,
port and lemon clutched
in your wizened hand.
Somehow you were left
in this nebulous place,
our collective cries screaming
“mother! mother!” —
plaintive calls unheard
in an entangled realm of souls,
given over to the elements.
Copyright Francis 2021
Water everywhere — I can’t believe it! (Reblog)
This view from Southport Pier has a great feeling of space. Reflections on the shallow surface water supplement the effect of the clouds themselves. No wonder this is one of my favourite places, especially towards sundown.
Water everywhere — I can’t believe it!
Ciscography 