Sidney Beck Poet Quatrain

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.

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Carolyn Devonshire November 12, 2010 at 12:48 PM How sad quaint fishing villages are ruined by "redevelopment." I wish I could have visited this place before it lost its charm. We have the same problems here in the states. I just hope the developers stay away from Key West. It still has the flavor and charm Cullercoats once had. You did a beautiful job bringing both the fishing village and its ruin to life in your poem. Love, Carolyn