Gannets chattering like a full orchestral ensemble
I write poetry for a hobby and write about the land, the environment, travel, places, spirituality etc. As a Self Employed Gardener, a keen walker and enjoy cooking and baking, I have been writing poems for about 15 years.Previously had a poem of mine “To Be Usually Green” printed in the Kindred Spirit Magazine January/February 2019 issue.
Where There’s Flame There’s the Rocks and the Sea
Written By Benjamin Heinig 31st August2019
Where there’s flame there’s fire
Where there’s fire there’s fury
Whether wintry cold with frost and snow
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Whether friends or family
Work or joy
To the Bass Rock I GO
Gannets chattering like a full orchestral ensemble
Yet a storm at sea with heavy rain, haar mist and a gale force wind
At The Rocks Hotel Dunbar Scotland
A family evening meal sat in the Medieval Dining Room with red painted walls
Sat around a long dark varnished wooden table
With a large blazing bright fire in the long and old stone fireplace
With Scottish landscape and pictorial paintings on the walls
Candles and candlesticks dotted about
Chasing shadows into the night
Looking out of the rustic windows
At the sea only a hundred metres away
It seems so nostalgic
A magical experience
There’s a Kindling Kindred Spirit of Saint Nickolas coming down the fireplace chimney
It must be Christmas Eve Night
To be woken up the next morning with delight
A blanket of snow sparkles in the morning sunlight
Benjamin Heinig
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