Poems: Winter sea views
Stormy Adelaide beach weather is the subject of this week’s Poet’s Corner contributions from Rory Harris.
beach
Semaphore, South Australia
the dark
coat winter
one sleeve
full of stars
the other
thrown over
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a shoulder
like a glance
as the wind
blows diamonds
against
Semaphore, South Australia
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on this stretch of winter beach
a grey sky drawn to a grey sea
against a grey horizon
a man & a five year old
hands grasped against the wind
swing against the wind
& there just before
the breaking of the rain
a rainbow & then another
& another
& he throws the child
into his chest & carries her
their backs against the storm
her first rainbow & there were three
Rory Harris was one of Poet’s Corner’s very first contributors in its Independent Weekly print days. His poetry collections include ‘Over the Outrow’, ‘From the Residence’, ‘Snapshots From a Moving Train’, ‘16 Poems’, ‘Uncle Jack & Other Poems’, and ‘Beach’. He has had radio dramas translated into Solomon Islands Pijin for broadcast on National Radio Solomon Islands and he teaches at Christian Brothers College where he is currently the Faith & Liturgy Co-ordinator.