The Steel Hat Men by Christine Anne Borra

Steel Hat Men
Photograph
 by Christine Anne Borra
Copyright

Dark you loom
and blot the landscape

Mothers whisper
to their children

Do not go near
The Steel Hat Men

Like ancient armies
a show of might

Arms out stretched
crossing our valley's

Shadows at night

just there

just there

just there

Do not go near
The Steel Hat Men

Steel and tears
more than 100 years

You crackle your
private words

And we pay
we pay

Unsightly scene
of necessity

Who will follow
in your steps

When will your
day be done

Do not go near
The Steel Hat Men

And we wait for their
end to come

Lost Soles of Castle Point by Christine Anne Borra

If I lose my sole
let me lose it at Castle Point

Hang it on the cross
with all the others

Next to the sole from China
and the pretty one from Italy

To watch the gulls
and fishing boats

Protected by the dunes
and  Light house reef

A memorial to all
who are lost

If I lose my sole

http://photo.l-oceano.com/scotteanderson/lost-soles-75.htm  my beloved Castle Point.. on this blog I found the cross at the end of the road across from where we stay every year for Christmas Holidays, and more..