Portnoo
Nicola Anstice 1987 (Belfast)
Step inside the painting,
Pink and orange sky,
Grass tickles fingers,
Sand swallows toes.
Close your eyes and listen,
Waves ebb and flow.
Look left. Look right.
A reminder of your size.
Eyes dance across the island,
Sea twinkles and winks.
Errigal watches from above,
As clouds linger low.
Does this beach know me –
As much as I know it?
Does the ocean miss me?
I’ll forever miss it.
Another mental picture,
A final fresh breath.
What a gift to have seen heaven,
Before you’ve even left.
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The poem is about a beautiful beach on the West coast of Ireland in County Donegal.
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