Robed in kelp ...

I climbed the winding stair between silent houses - 

Mazy paths led to secret gardens - 

Low ceilinged rooms were filled with the relics of storms - 

Smoke rose from driftwood fires -

I heard the voices of captains robed in kelp - 

20 May 2021

Robin Hoods Bay

Yorkshire 

A narrow house rimed with salt ...

A few yards from the sea, I found a reef of foxed Penguins - 

It was high tide - 

Gypsy gulls were in the sky - 

The narrow house of books was rimed with salt - 

20 May 2021

Robin Hoods Bay

Yorkshire 

Their gentle spell ...

The donkeys were led across the beach -

I felt the power of their gentle spell - 

Their kind eyes -

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Their quiet souls - 

20 May 2021

South Bay 

Sca5

I walked upon the same grass ...

I wondered who Noel Hughes had been - 

Who had loved him -

I walked upon the same grass 

I heard his footsteps close to mine - 

19 May 2021

Scarborough 

I walked where the poet had walked ...

I had returned to Scarborough - 

I walked now where the poet had walked - 

I saw the sky he had seen - 

19 May 2021

Scarborough 

I saw summer ..

I had returned to The Italian Gardens -

I felt its weight of gentle memory -

I heard the heartbeat of the young naked god - 

I saw summer when Otis smiled - 

18 May 2021

The Italian Gardens 

Scarborough 

At the Clock Cafe ...

We ate glorious scones whilst looking at the waves - 

I was half asleep after fitful dreams - 

The Clock Cafe still had its framed photographs of Edwardian flaneurs - 

Above us, the empty hotels were like beached Cunarders -

18 May 2021

Clock Cafe 

Scarborough