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Waiting for the next one

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Hotel in a stranded coastal town.

Locals are trained in evacuation;

TV station's webcam is watching,

awaiting the volcano.

                      The volcano is overdue.

                      The tour guide does not mention this.

 

Alien terrain stretches to the horizon,

moss-cushioned lava, misshapen limbs,

battlefield of broken trolls. Deserts

of black sand laced by rivers of silt;

grey, glacial meltwater rushing to the sea.

 

Watch out for dodgy geysers.

Get your kicks

            on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

The Vikings: has history depicted

them unfairly? Discuss.

 

Sheep forage in unrewarding fields. Floods

wash away bridges, send postmen

the long way round, over the glacier.

In a wind-tortured land, a tiny church

huddles beneath a blanket of grass.

Behind it three gravestones,

guarded by a bunch of stunted trees.

 

Iceland

◄ The bike race

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David Cooke

Thu 13th Sep 2012 09:29

Particularly like the descriptive touches in stanzas two and four. For some reason 'Sheep forage in unrewarding fields' really appeals to me. Maybe I can see a parallel with my own life!

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Greg Freeman

Mon 3rd Sep 2012 22:10

Cheers, Steve. A four-day coach tour hardly does it justice, but we saw a lot.

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