The wind shook the chimneys ...

I sat on a bench looking at the wild empty sea - 

I could hear the roaring of the waves -

I could taste their salt on my tongue - 

The wind shook the tall chimneys of the coastguard cottages -  

 

Low clouds touched the chalk hills - sea frets veiled the cliffs -  

Fossils held ancient memory - 

Bleached whale bones fenced a garden - 

Lichens patterned the stone walls of boathouses with strange colours - 

Sea birds were brave shapes in the turbulent air - 

I got up from my seat to meet with Richard - 

He had money on Postphoned in the Dubai Sheema Classic - 

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Saturday 26 March 2016

Kimmeridge Bay

Dorset 

Note

The bench commemorates the life of Martin Hexham, who was born in 1964 and died in 1988