Treasure Island ...

I shall read Treasure Island -

My dad loved this book -

He'd tell me the names of the characters -

Jim Hawkins, Squire Trelawney, Israel Hands - 

In my nightmares, Blind Pew clutched at my throat - 

My boy's narrow bed floated on a crystal sea -

Long John Silver handed me a golden coin - 

I can still hear my dad, even now - 

Putting down his midday glass -

He drank slowly, like a connoisseur, lingering on the taste -

I'd hear gulls cry in the sunlit lounge -

Friday 30 April 2021

The Old School House 

East Stoke 

Dorset