Headland Poems - Poems about Headland

Becoming

...

If you get there early enough
you will see the wide, waking yawn
of first light open on the bay,
see the air break into birds
and the far shore of the headland
emerge from its thick cloak of...

Beowulf translation by Michael R Burch

...Beowulf Excerpts
anonymous Old English/Anglo-Saxon poem, circa 8th-10th century AD
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

LO, praise the prowess of the Spear-Danes
whose clan-than...

Strayed Sheep

...      
I see the sea.
                  The odds at sea,
                                       Sound’s Greek to me.
                                                  As the channel frees...

Dancing Dependence

...Her affections charm me like nothing else, 
Captivating kindness clutches my heart with care. 
Standing at the headland, her head rests, before we head home.
 I’m the head of the outing, though so...

All That I Have Taken In

...At day's end, I take in the last light
seeping into the dark waters
across the bay and keep it here.
I gather the sound of departing gulls
smudged on the sky, the quietening
settle of birds in t...

Tule Fog Dixon, California

...I wait for the heat
of the Allis Chalmers crawler’s engine
to fill the tarped in space
where I sit huddled
next to levers, gauges and knobs.
The crawler seems to float.
The tule fog obscures th...

Mister Jones

...If you're sitting comfortably and have locked your mobile 'phones,
I'll tell you all a story about Indiana Jones
I met him on a wooden bench whilst strolling through a park
He was mumbling incoher...

Adeity Delirium

...the body has receded into a fetus,
imploding in thrombosis
in the parts also inside out
and in the microcosm of the eye
the retina retained a little or not at all
of the color that turned from g...

Alternative Education

...The headland bush is paradise,
especially through the week,
there's rocks to climb; a couple of caves,
and a shaded running creek.

Ron and I have found secret spots,
where we can hide our fish...

The Lights and the Silos

...
an hour before docking
it was ice cold and freezing
as the vessel, like scissors
cut clean through the swell

and the ship’s horn then sounded
and woke those still sleeping
startling the sta...

Unified Chant

...Cipher audible as morning treetop cacophony 
         Each other's cheer-leading decree 
Sunami strength help brought forth deafening
         Viewed issues dealt cooperatively 

Delighted audie...

Outside the Headland

...Leaking pontoon predicts my departure 
Impatient yacht chases nautical next
Mislaid terrain erases my history

Grim authorities in obvious places patrol 
Timidity prescribes aghast of tranquil a...

Haunted Highlands

...Deep within the highland mists, white heather, bright adorning,
     I last beheld those flaring eyes, though tender as the borning.

I'd gone a-hiking, early snow, 'midst headland slopes and fell...

Joie De Vivre

...Upon a whim arising on this sunny springtime morn
hearing birds perform their songs at the crack of dawn
my knapsack packed already with a tasty picnic lunch
bread with cheese and wine
oh such a ...

Red Rock

...Funny the things you find out
With a curious mind
And walking shoes
How beautiful
And priceless
The view
From atop the headlands
At Red Rock
Of course, the rocks are red
Jasper
I believe
B...

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