Near Gull Rock, Yzerfontein Poem by Charl JF Cilliers

Near Gull Rock, Yzerfontein



Just above the highest line of beach, where stormsmashed
manitokas bend their beggaring
shapes, I see him hunched by a cloistering of rocks.

Empty hands fumble at mending nets,
eyes tracking shoals of cloud-shadows in the sea.

Shells of dead sea creatures lie strewn
all about like the many memories

the small waves bring to him
as they come ashore out of the setting sun.

Monday, October 19, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: nature
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Charl JF Cilliers

Charl JF Cilliers

Cape Town, South Africa
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