Sketchbook  Jon Davey, US and Hortensia Anderson, US

 

Surging Tide smouldering moon closer now the oystercatcher' s call              /j driftwood burning— wind carries smoke on the coast   /h surging tide— Orion glides over frost-struck sands                      /j hunting dogs chase a rabbit in the dunes— pawprints lost at sea                  /h faded gorse flowers— the kestrel's flickering wings         /j at every turn the wind finds me— autumn leaves                           /h   October 2007

 

Ebb Tide cloud-daubed sky— a flurry of redwings through the autumn leaves        /j bonfires on the beach smoke and salt in the air           / h smouldering moon— closer now the oystercatcher' s call           /j ebb tide— empty shells strewn along a scalloped shoreline                /h across the star-lit cove— waves spilling their silver          /j earth in my hands— I climb the coastal cliffs hollowed by water                   /h   October 2007