Poem 187 of 230: A SOUTH SHIELDS WALKABOUT - AUTUMN 2001
Out of the museum-and-gallery
(Wiser on Cookson and the local way),
Down Ocean Road with, to the right of me,
Its eateries and, left, neat places to stay;
Before, on either side, Marine Parks -
The southern-one a most beautiful place,
Teeming with moorhens, swans, grebes and mallards,
In a small lake at a scenic-hill’s base.
Then (holding chips from the parade’s cafe
And, thus, a flock of gulls squawking above)
Onto the South Pier I made my way:
Seeing seaweed over rocks, like a glove,
Out of the museum-and-gallery
(Wiser on Cookson and the local way),
Down Ocean Road with, to the right of me,
Its eateries and, left, neat places to stay;
Before, on either side, Marine Parks -
The southern-one a most beautiful place,
Teeming with moorhens, swans, grebes and mallards,
In a small lake at a scenic-hill’s base.
Then (holding chips from the parade’s cafe
And, thus, a flock of gulls squawking above)
Onto the South Pier I made my way:
Seeing seaweed over rocks, like a glove,
And high-and-dry sands, held - from transgression -
By growth of grass and the weaving of wood,
Plus, in the dim light of a sleepy sun,
Fishing boats returning to Tynemouth’s hood.
Plus, in the dim light of a sleepy sun,
Fishing boats returning to Tynemouth’s hood.
(Fishers, rather, for plastics would be good.)
(C) David Franks 2003
(C) David Franks 2003
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| South Shields Museum and Art Gallery; spring 2014 |
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| Ocean Road, South Shields; spring 2014 |
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| Nth. Marine Park, Sth. Shields; spring 2014 |
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| Sth. Marine Park, Sth. Shields; spring 2014 |
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| South Shields Pier & surrounds; spring 2014 |
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| Returned fishing boat, beyond Herd Groyne Lighthouse, South Shields; spring 2014 |
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