Poetry list
shingle
shingle shore shingle shore shingle and shore
earth’s pulsing music to make the soul soar!
song of the sea casts its hypnotic spell
singing in stone through the notes of the swell
shingle shore shingle shore shingle and shore
earth’s pulsing music to make the soul soar!
shingle must mingle in each single surge
as seas beat the land – with primeval urge
shingle shore shingle shore shingle and shore
earth’s pulsing music to make the soul soar!
polished and formed like bright gems to our sight
the dull and the mundane glow lustrous in light
shingle shore shingle shore shingle and shore
earth’s pulsing music to make the soul soar!
sharp–edged and piercing till sung on sea’s stave
stones fashioned smoothly by power of each wave
shingle shore shingle shore shingle and shore
earth’s pulsing music to make the soul soar!
we are the stones and love’s life is the sea
whose waves shape our days in setting us free
shingle shore shingle shore shingle and shore
earth’s pulsing music to make the soul soar!
© Neil Thompson 2023