pier jumping

Ryan Robson-Bluer

light lying low  

in a cod-liver sky,  

settling through trawlers;

 

wavelets flicker 

steady like second hands 

and boats nod in sleep. 

 

boys line the wall 

like neoprene bollards, 

salt-skinned sentinels  

 

of the sea stand 

as water licks the side; 

pier bricks of wet green. 

 

potholes, numb feet – 

round and pink like salmon –  

slap across the bricks, 

 

heads dripping down 

over water-grazed cheeks, 

earfuls of ocean, 

 

now cast head-first  

over bruised hemp rope, 

hurling themselves

 

into greenish spume, 

flipping to the very last 

wink of the sun.

  • Author: Ryan Robson-Bluer (Offline Offline)
  • Published: August 7th, 2022 16:13
  • Comment from author about the poem: my friends and i go pier jumping at least once a week during the summer - this is a homage to those memories with them
  • Category: Nature
  • Views: 34
  • Users favorite of this poem: Eugene S.
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  • Doggerel Dave

    My education continues…. I had absolutely no knowledge of ‘pier jumping’ and was forced to consult Prof. Google. I don’t think it’s an activity I’ll engage in right now…. I do however wish you a long life…. 😊
    Thanks for the strong disciplined verse (including this) you have posted here.

    • Ryan Robson-Bluer

      it's a really big thing now all across Ireland especially! thanks so much for the comment - very kind 🙂

    • L. B. Mek

      such vivid, yet harrowing imagery
      but really well written
      and thanks for the contextual explanation..
      such a memorable read

      • Ryan Robson-Bluer

        very kind, thank you! i really enjoy that hyper-vivid style of writing 🙂

      • Eugene S.

        You portray the experience vividly. Being drawn to oceanic things, I truly appreciate this.



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