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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):
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.]
Laughter, on summer-scented air
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
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
watery eyes applaud a lone bird,
brave each wave,
returns excelling. Sun on sand.
to greet me, make or break,
whatever...
Comings and goings of n-o-i-s-e
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.]
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