Selected Poetry by Bernard Pearson

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Eye  of  the  Storm

 Hold fast  in  the Jim-crack  sea,

There’s  a  light  to  the  starboard  bow

Beneath the  guttering gulls

And  the  incoming squall

but no billet  for  you  and  me.

So   we  share  the  quarterdeck

Of our conjoined souls,

While the mugging  sea

From  beneath our feet,

The  world  begins  to wreck.

A  port  we  will    some  day find,

Be It at  hand  or still far off

With an inn and  some ale

And  a  place  we  can stay,

Two hearts  at last entwined.

First  Love

 Eager in the handfast,

 Beneath the ready light

And above the  regal sea

Within the half closed

 palm  of  a  sand dune

They  sat  silent

Between each  kiss,

Neither wishing

To break the spell.

Bernard Pearson's work  appears in   over  one hundred  and fifty  publications worldwide, including; Aesthetica Magazine , The Edinburgh Review, Crossways,North West Words and FourxFour  In 2017 a selection of his poetry ‘In Free Fall’ was published by Leaf by Leaf  Press.