Margate Beach
I was in a different shelter,
same sands, when gull wings
started strobing the sky.
In 1930 a fictional
blackmailer was stabbed
in a deck chair on this beach –
the clues are scribbled on the sea.
In Dreamland, previously Sanger’s,
(which also features in the book)
a man in yellow is bouncing a ball,
rain taps on the ground
and my baby don’t care.
Carolyn Oulton teaches Creative Writing at Canterbury Christ Church University. She is also a Victorianist and rescuer of obscure books that were probably never intended to survive. Her new poetry collection Accidental Fruit is published by Worple.
Very nice to come down to this when I’m meant to be doing hideous editing things – thanks again for taking it!
Carolyn
Prof Carolyn Oulton THgo4 School of Humanities Canterbury Christ Church University Canterbury CT1 1QU
Director International Centre for Victorian Women Writers http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/Research/Centres/ICVWW/Home.aspx
Subject Lead Creative and Professional Writing
Accidental Fruit http://www.worplepress.com/accidental-fruit/
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