Snowfall – on 23/24 January 2013 it snowed – hard. We took the dogs onto Carningli and all 4 of us revelled in the snow, after our own fashion!
Posted: January 25, 2013 Filed under: Photo, Poem, Uncategorized | Tags: dogs, Newport, Pembrokeshire, sculpture, snow 8 Comments »
Snowflakes, fat and magical,
Falling fast upon our seaside town
We hot foot it up onto Carningli
Hiking at the odd angles
Which snow (and sand)
Demand.
Newport Bay lies below
Muffled now, the silence of the snowstorm aftershock
A swarm of starlings split the leadened sky
The eery wingbeats of this huge flock
Mingle with tobogganists careering cries
Nearby.
Home, the windows glowing
Chimney smoke signals our duskening guide
And still, as moonlit darkness hits its stride
Stealthily, greedily, it is snowing.
Beautiful …
Thanks Helena – hope this finds you well? cheers! Marc
Very evocative. Stimulating stuff, snow, isn’t it. I’ve recently done a couple of poems on snowflakes myself. I’m not putting them on the blog, though – trying them on a few magazines instead.
Beautiful pics!!!
Many thanks indeed! Best wishes Marc
A lovely poem Marc. “Hiking at the wrong angles” is a fitting description of walking in the Carningli landscape. The photos tell us what we missed after we left Ty Topp on the 19th.
Wonderful images conjured up from the words supported by stunning photos.
I was the other side of the world at the time as you know, but looking at these photos and reading the poem I think I know where I would rather be.
Lovely. Gorgeous photos too. I would like to see Carningli in the snow. Still happy we got such a lucky sunny October week in your neck of the woods…. roll on Nevern holiday!
) If you could arrange for a bit of sun first week in June, that’d be great!