Almanac Poetry: Manly Ferry in Thunderstorm
Trouble brewing in the skies above a Manly Ferry [Source: Bernard Spragg/Flickr]
Manly Ferry in Thunderstorm
Skies grimmest
dark lead.
Lashing rain
on white-capped Sydney Harbour.
Fork lightning spikes,
electrifies
the desolate arc.
Black thunder unfurls, reverberates.
The ferry creaks and pitches. Inside,
I fix my eyes on land, afraid,
silently praying for refuge.
(Acknowledgement: first appeared in my fifth poetry collection, Please Feed the Macaws…I’m Feeling Too Indolent, Ginninderra Press, South Australia. 2023.)
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Kevin Densley is a graduate of both Deakin University and The University of Melbourne. He has taught writing and literature in numerous Victorian universities and TAFES. He is a poet and writer-in-general. His fifth book-length poetry collection, Please Feed the Macaws ... I'm Feeling Too Indolent, was published in late 2023 by Ginninderra Press. He is also the co-author of ten play collections for young people, as well as a multi Green Room Award nominated play, Last Chance Gas, which was published by Currency Press. Other writing includes screenplays for educational films.
Gripping stuff KD. I felt your fear.
Thanks, DB.
As I recall, when the ferry trip started from Circular Quay, the weather was fine. But it suddenly turned very nasty.
Puts a new spin on ‘ As the Manly Ferry cuts its way to Circular Quay.’
Ha, yes, DB.
‘As the Manly Ferry, narrowly avoids disaster / On its way from Circular Quay…’