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I hesitate to say this, but, I am finding these very English in a good way, or perhaps a way I like. I haven't seen this coast but find myself wanting to go... is this south west coast?? Maybe, I could make it there, but not now. But I searched and found some photos. On 19/05/12 04:32, Lawrence Upton wrote: > The bulky slip for the revenuer's boat, > here still, unused for its purpose now, steep, > with a more salubrious paved landing place > out to the left, a boat on there, angled. > > An extensive tumble of rock, weed-blackened, > up to the height of another boat, on grass, > upon a trolley, an inflatable, > and then there's overgrowth of dense bramble > right to the top of what is visible here. > > A concrete quay, atop and round the old, > white markings for hoi polloi; and steel posts > for chains to control crowds; parcels; packets > to be collected; plastic sheets and sacks > of various forms; all most tidily clean > in a way suggesting work's getting done > and life is being lived with good effort. > > A slightly rippling sea through burnishing light, > scatterings of markers upon its moving shine, > tethered rowing boats in scintillation > up to the shrinking tombolo. > Columns > of Scilly Whites near to The Gugh coast edge, > cultivated plots outweighted by noise > from others which have self-planted for years > of being untended, unstraightened, left. > > > [Scilly Whites are a type of daffodil] > > > ----- > Lawrence Upton > Visiting Fellow, Music Dept, > Goldsmiths, University of London > New Cross, London SE14 6NW > ---- >