Find solace from the terrible storms that have lashed our coast
published in the Scarborough Review
How
Celebration Grows
On
the sea's raging white horses
That
beat hooves against our coast,
I
saw a Scarborough fishing boat ride home
Encircled
by celebrating gulls.
I
marvelled at how, in such a storm,
The
excitement of one gull could attract so
many,
But
didn't know how important that sight could be.
For
now, Chinese New Year of the Horse,
When
the sea's stallions stampede again,
I
remember summer donkeys plodding on the sand,
And
know how the excitement of one child
Drew
in the hearts of so many, including me.
Stuart Larner
