rippling of the little waves

Running rest-day ...

... National Poetry Day this Thursday - and, as mentioned already, the Scottish Poetry Library has produced a fantastic set of poem-cards around this year's theme: water.

Running-day tomorrow, so next poem-card (on Thursday) will be my favourite :-)

For today, here's one by Thomas A. Clark, entitled coire fhionn lochan:


coire fhionn lochan

lapping of the little waves
breaking of the little waves
spreading of the little waves
idling of the little waves

rippling of the little waves
settling of the little waves
meeting of the little waves
swelling of the little waves

trembling of the little waves
dancing of the little waves
pausing of the little waves
slanting of the little waves

tossing of the little waves
scribbling of the little waves
lilting of the little waves
sparkling of the little waves

leaping of the little waves
drifting of the little waves
running of the little waves
splashing of the little waves

Thomas A. Clark

From The Thing that Mattered Most: Scottish poems for children edited by Julie Johnstone (SPL/B&W, 2006)

Reproduced by permission of the author.