Sandpiper
written by: Clive Grewcock
Jittering across the shingle
like a shifting shape of light
glancing over wet pools
on sand.
I must confess,
I had to look you up
in a once used reference book
to find out what you are.
It identified what –
but I had no expectations of who
because your busy character,
scuttling over sand and pebbles
is too individual to label.
Then you are lost
in your own stoney
camouflage.
Clive Grewcock is a writer based in the Scottish Highlands with a particular interest in language and the way it can evoke a depth and emotion through creativity. "Poetry has a wonderful power in our world, not necessarily in a shouting way but also with subtlety and asking others to invest and bring something of themselves to the work. It is good to contemplate and consider through writing."
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