COTTON WOOL BAY – FRANK SARGESON POETRY

Not a cloud in the sky,
in the dinghy, tide high,
on a great day.

Cotton wool in my ears
to protect from the spray,
what more could you want
of a lagoon or a bay?

Eye settle on confident sea
of a great day.

Photograph: Still from Perfectly Frank (1998), an award-winning film by Bruce Sheridan about New Zealand writer Frank Sargeson.

[Words source: Oppapers website. Photo: Philip Hartigan blog]

~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 16.8.12~