The Skeleton Coast Poem by Terry Dawson
The Skeleton Coast
Across the Uhab river's dry bed
Lies a land unlike any other,
An arid plain beside the sea,
Of wild, mysterious beauty.
Land of majesty, wonder and awe
In pastels, seven colours of sand
That stir a man from within
To be his most and to strive ever for more.
And fog rolls in on chill, chill winds
From a cold, cold treacherous sea.
Beheld there incongruous things
Like ships, now skeletal wrecks,
Adrift on an ocean of sand
Mile upon mile from the shore.
White-bleached driftwood there
Castaways from far distant land.
And in the vastness of that wide space
Is thrust upon man his own tininess.
And there's a stillness and a silence
To calm a turbulent soul
And arranges things from within
That a tendency to violence,
Gives way to love of peace!
But stranger by far than all things,
In that strangest of wild, wild lands,
Is the companionship that is given
By desert solitude, to those that seek -
And the thus-comforted soul
Sings its songs in return
In that wilderness strange and unique.
There's a calming peacefulness about this piece that takes the reader there, feels the tranquility wash over him/her. Much enjoyed Terry. Thankyou for posting.
Nurturing your interior life is subtly portrayed in this poem, which stillness and silence seem to bind to. Desert solitude is one of the best places to be alone, thinking and pondering life and all it's trappings and decorations. Great poem, I enjoyed reading it. Thank you for sharing it. RoseAnn
solitude and contemplation much needed in a busy world of today...a perfect setting for it as vividly portrayed by you........................beautiful depiction of a serenity in a wasteland as opposed to the throbbing pulse of city life that gives only fatigue and anxiety............
someone/something took a bite out of your 'nature' cluster. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - And there's a stillness and a silence To calm a turbulent soul And arranges things from within That a tendency to violence, Gives way to love of peace! ............. might i suggest replacing And arranges with And arrange or Which arranges? ? ? ? ? :) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - and further, may i suggest? (i guess i'm going to anyway) ............. And thus comforted souls Sings their songs in return ................Sing their songs... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - i don't know if the scenes would have the same effect on me, but YOU have done a beautiful job writing of the landscape and its effect on you. - - - - - - - my favorite lines: And fog rolls in on chill, chill winds From a cold, cold treacherous sea. - - - - - - - - - - By desert solitude, to all that seek - ..............unfortunately, if too many seek companionship there, there will cease to be solitude. i'm glad you got to feel it before a Disney World was built there, or an air base. i'll send to MyPoemList. thanks for sharing. bri :)
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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Thanks for sharing such an adventurous poem...There pictures drawn here make a reader wants to visit the place themselves...love it