Hello PoetryVoting

Vote

Voting-Boards

Home

HomeFollowingInboxNotifications

Read

ReadLiftedFeedsHeartedHistoryMy poemsNew poem

Explore

ExploreOrbitsWordsTagsClassics
Log in
0
Stars
0
Embers
0
Alerts
0
Inbox

Vote

Voting-Boards

Home

HomeFollowingInboxNotifications

Read

ReadLiftedFeedsHeartedHistoryMy poemsNew poem

Explore

ExploreOrbitsWordsTagsClassics
Log in
0
Stars
0
Embers
0
Alerts
0
Inbox

The Wishing Well

I go

Along that lichen path

so white, and straight

so assertive of mystical quality

along the barren rocky coast

 

I am old now

and what were once white houses

on far off misty shores

are now gulls against cloud

sitting in the water

 

Here is a special place

A place of many childhoods

my childhood

but still here

steadfast against this changing world

 

I cast my offering in

a Penny

into this rockpool

which has forever faithfully been named

the wishing well.

Request permission to use this poem
t
Written by
tam-robbie
Scottish
Published
Oct 22, 2010
Lines·Words
20·83
Permission

Request to use this poem

Tell tam-robbie how you would like to use it. We review requests before forwarding them.

AboutBlogFAQPrivacyTermsContact
© 2009-2026 Hello Poetry/v27.0 by @eliotyork
Explore
Hello PoetryVoting
Write