Poetry

South of site

Cleethorpes Beach, summer 2016

estuarine rivulets
a haunt of
[submerged hazards]
a
mazes
a
masses
signage directs distorts maps

thicket thistle tops
tamper with the weather
witches clad in mud brown gowns

rooftops settle
sunk behind dune
slightly above sea level
pedestrian access for birds
past fitties
to beach or strand
gull beaks fish pincers in pairs
from the shallows
at low tide
evidence exposed
sea dunes marshes shift
shortened days
darkened dampened drawn
curtains of our chalet windows
inside
our humanity settles
elegant bird tucks its wings
a turnstone wintering

Veronica Fibisan