A wee rowing film & sonnet – Kinghorn Coastal Rowing Club

With thanks to Kinghorn Coastal Rowing Club and those members who rowed so brilliantly and beautifully.

Red Poppies line East coastal creviced walls

An easterly solstice breeze on water calls

And sweet Yolande’s crew do subtlety steal

Past regal Reevik swift and hot on heel

Gulls and gannets swarm the evening air

Serenading this gallant seaworthy pair

The oarlocks beside me gently creak and strain

With resolve I catch and drive without complain

With arms outstretched I push my body through

And in lay-back I softly think of you

For with each passing stroke of timely oars

I close the gap towards those heavenly shores

For nowhere else on earth does breath commune

Off ‘ring escape from this salty seabroch tune.