POETRY FROM 2004 - C.D. Smith
The complete
title listing of the collection by period of
composition is:
The Sand-banked
Harbour
After a few months
working in a building overlooking the Durban harbour, I would get depressed
when I looked at the harbour from the window during the tide was low. A different perspective is that sea-lice and
other seafood can be collected during the low tide. In the picture you can see that the ships and ferries are still
able to navigate around the “islands”.
Sandbanked
Sonnet
Craig D Smith (September
2004)
So
brown, yet surrounded by so much blue
So
morose, island nobody goes to
So
sudden, it appeared before my eyes
Minutes
ago it mirrored the blue skies
So
sad, as my eyes become lachrymal
So
confused, while I try to unravel
So
dry, teeming with crawling crustacea
Exuding
fumes of differentia
So
what, if this island looks so lonely
So
what, if it no longer has beauty
So
what, if it sticks out like a sore thumb
So
what, if the crawling crabs make you numb
It
is a short while that the tide is low
Then
the high tide sets the harbour a-glow.
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