Today’s news stories about a ‘Nessie’ sighting this side of the globe has reminded me of something I wrote a while ago for my sister-in-law’s very popular travel blog about Perth; http://perthdailyphoto.blogspot.com.au
Every day she uploads photos she’s taken in and around Perth, Western Australia (she particularly loves our pretty city) discovering new and interesting places all the time.
On May 30th last year, she’d taken a fabulous photo at Mullalloo beach and wanted me to write something to go with the photo. Naturally, I was happy to oblige and sent a short poem back within half an hour. She was totally amazed with what I ‘saw’ in the frame…
The Surgeon’s Photo
Like a summer’s day Nessie in her deepest loch
with itinerant Hugh Gray’s camera watching on shore,
she bows her head to honour the sparkling blue
and dances in the sunlight between the stars.
She is a he whose strong arms plunge out to sea
powering over and above possible danger beneath,
relentlessly pulling liquid waves to his chest –
a celebration of strength, youth and fearlessness.
Frances Macaulay Forde © 2013
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