Cullercoats Dream Revisited
CULLERCOATS* DREAM REVISITED
Lifeboat bright on its modern track
Like shining star in the early dawn
Confronts the eroded view of the wreck -
Once was whole, now all gone
Pristine cliffs and innocent cottage face,
The welcoming harbour arms of yesterday :
Thru an unrecognizable shell of a place
Roads have raped their ruinous way.
There’s no recapturing past with dignity.
Real or unreal, to half-forget, half-recall -
Leave the ducks unspoiled in memory
In a dream lifeboat ‘gainst the squall.
Note : * Cullercoats is a small fishing village on the seacoast of England, much spoiled
from modern redevelopment.
Copyright © Sidney Beck | Year Posted 2010
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