A Seaside Calendar

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I spent another lovely day in Brighton, Sussex (UK) recently. I love it there and always enjoy time spent at the seaside. 

I have read poems ‘on location’ in Brighton for You Tube that some of you might enjoy although don’t expect the quality of the videos to be up to BBC standards; just follow the link and click on ‘videos’ to browse and view any that might interest you. (I read different poems on each Brighton video):

http://www.youtube.com/rogerNtaber

Meanwhile, as a song goes with which UK readers especially will be familiar, Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside...

{Photo: Pendower, Conwall, taken from the Internet.]

A SEASIDE CALENDAR 

Laughter, on summer-scented air

bursts on jaunty wing;

glad eyes shine the dipping gull,

excite twin waves,

returns excelling. Sun on sand.

Oh world, on hand 

to greet me, make or break, 

whatever

Joy but hushed, the autumn year

devours the sky;

sad eyes shape the dipping gull,

endure each wave,

returns excelling. Sun on sand.

Oh world, on hand 

to greet me, make or break,

whatever...

Hopes reviewed, wintry ways

break their silence;

watery eyes applaud a lone bird,

brave each wave,

returns excelling. Sun on sand.

Oh world, on hand

to greet me, make or break,

whatever...

Comings and goings of n-o-i-s-e

in playful flight;

wide eyes consume a mating pair,

glide twin waves, 

returns excelling. Sun on sand.

Oh. world, on hand 

to greet me, make or break.

whatever...

Copyright R. N. Taber 2000; 2018

[Note: an earlier version of this poem appears in Love and Human Remains by R. N. Taber, Assembly Books, 2000.]