Henry Normal: Rye Bay

 Speaking of poets . . . . . .I have started following the wondrous Henry Normal on Facebook:

Henry Normal 

Rye Bay

RYE BAY IS SUCH A SHORT NAME

FOR SUCH A LONG BEACH

The skeleton of an abandoned groyne

pierces the sand like dinosaur teeth

or a mermaids graveyard

leading into the shallows

As shingle rises upto an embankment

the blackened wood disappears

Along the coast

the before-and-after-picture is complete

New substantial slats

now slow the inevitable drift

their solid uprights

sturdy and uniform

like sailors on parade

or wooden battlements

they too will be eroded

and outlived

Further out into the wash

another outcrop of corroded pegs

suggests driftwood

or a sunken vessel

I responded by saying “ I said goodbye to my old friend Ray there! Headline reads . . . .: (geddit?)

Fortunately, he laughed . . . . .