Published anthology by Seahaven Writers
Our first publication was a poetry anthology which included poems about our local area.
It was published in 2017 and is available on the Lulu.com bookstore.
Poetry is an art form where the artist paints and experiments with language. Although there are conventions and accepted forms, ultimately poetry has no rules. A poem cannot be wrong or right, but it can be good or bad.
POEM OF THE MONTH
To read poems by our members click on the relevant name from the list below:
Chris Conil
Robert Coulsdon
La-Verne Hamill
Terry Penn
Colin Smith
Maurice Waller
'One day I'll be a park bench too'
One day I will be a park bench too,
Silently watching seagulls swooping and children having fun.
Will my name be inscribed on a tarnished brass plate?
Giving simply only my personal arrival and departure date,
While I reside here forever, watching quietly, and paying nothing for the view.
How fortunate that I can rest my bones, and now help others do that too.
I watch the white horses on the sea galloping, so wonderfully wild.
As shell, shingle and starfish arrange themselves to attract a passing child.
My once six small boys are now all men and have well and truly flown the nest .
But, hopefully, life will be good to them, and give them time too to sit and rest,
To let the world go by, as they sit upon their mum.
But, I still simply remain only a name, arrival and departure date to some.
Sitting observing life silently in the Seaford sun.
Wendy Hasnip