Allure.
If you are looking for wild
take the high road to Lands End
out of charming St. Ives.
If you are seeking more places
to slow life's fast pace
walk moorland's granite-laced
miles atop raw windy
clifftops that silence the mind.
If you wish to breathe air
sieved to pure ether by saline
turn to those rarely used
paths and thrill at long patches
of house-less wilderness
anciently remaining unmatched.
Spurn not these by-ways of green
that feed the world-weary
here on the toe of old Cornwall's
historic allure where
earth married to ocean breeds
such savage beauty.
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Author:
Fay Slimm. (
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- Comment from author about the poem: Recalling the trip I recently made on the very same road from St. Ives to Lands End - - unforgettable scenery - - do hope you enjoy.
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I went to Cornwall, to Land's End many years back. A lovely place and your poem brought back beautiful memories.
Am so pleased the read brought back times spent in Cornwall - - thanks for dropping by and for your comment Rozina
A fine write Fay.
Thanking you kindly for the read and the comment dear Orchi.
I know that stretch of Cornwall where you would not believe you are in the same county as Newquay or Perranporth. Here the wild is as wild as any windswept cliff top in the nation. Houses are sparse and low until further south west where St Just boasts wilderness braved by past cornishfolk in the statuesque remains of coastal mining courage. Nothing twee or kiss me quick as Atlantic winds storm and batter. Find an upright tree if you can for each leaning form bears testament to the struggle of this environment.
Your words took me there Fay.
Ah - - how well you know this part of Cornwall where wild is its coastline and hinterland too. Those bent trees you saw are still here my friend - - struggling but keeping their bit of sap rising each year. So glad you were reminded of your visits to the wilderness beauty on my south western doorstep dear Dusk.
this has everything of Kernow infused within each word, line & stanza .. I doubt whether such a tribute could ever be bettered ......... N x
You honour my effort at tribute to south western Kernow so kindly mon ami - - thanking you masses and glad you enjoyed the read...................x
'If you wish to breathe air, sieved
to pure ether by saline
turn, to those rarely used paths
and thrill
at long patches of house-less wilderness
anciently remaining, unmatched.'
('Belerion' thy unsurpassed, divine
of Nature's majesty
and antiquity's, once fabled welcoming warmth
seat of all-thing's, unhurried
by the whimsy of Time!)
simply, Brilliant dear Fay
a worthy ballad
in dedication to one of Blighty's
most beloved: iconic landmarks.
Thank you L.B. for your visit and read of Allure - - am delighted to see your reference to Cornwall's" shining land" as described by a Greek historian and where there is ever a welcome to strangers -- - - beloved indeed is this inspiring beauty to many an artist and poet.
and long, may it continue to inspire!
Never been,but you paint such a picture,..now I have.🌹✌🕊
A great honour if my few lines on my homeland has set its allure clear in your mind my friend. It has in its western tip a real savage beauty.
So beautiful miss Fay
When the world still not open as before
When the abnormal still in score
Here I take my eyes to travel the world through your lines
Ah - and that thrills me no end spills - for you to travel through my small efforts gives me great pleasure. So glad you enjoyed the tribute to my beloved wild Cornwall.
I never been to Cornwall, but your imagery has taken me there in this beautifully wild, windswept poem! Amazing!
Ah - my humble thanks for stopping by for a read of my homeland's beauty dear friend. Am so pleased you enjoyed the tour.
"where earth married to ocean breeds
such savage beauty."
Such wonderful words at the end of a beautiful poem Fay. I have been to Cornwall but not down that far - I will have to go.
Andy
Am sure you will be inspired should you visit this area Andy - - so glad you enjoyed my small tribute to the wild beauty at the end of our island.
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