Bearing South-West

By Paul Tristram

Down through the edge of Devon,
over the Tamar River…
to needle the moorland mists,
where you are never
more than 16 miles from the Coast.
You can feel Life’s Pace change 
as you pass by The Jamaica Inn
… and head onwards to the Heart.
I’ve roved these railways,
and sped along the A30 road,
nigh-on a quarter of a century now.
A place where the hideaways hide,
and the ramblers roam
treacherous North clifftops,
and picture-postcard woodland trails.
It’s Pagan, Celtic, Timeless too…
and those West Country accent
greetings of “Alrite Me Luvver.”
will warm you like an Autumn fire.

Paul Tristram is a widely published Welsh writer. He yearns to tattoo porcelain bridesmaids instead of digging empty graves for innocence at midnight, this too may pass, yet. His novel “Crazy Like Emotion”, collection of shorter fiction “Kicking Back Drunk ‘Round The Candletree Graves” and full-length poetry collections “The Dark Side Of British Poetry: Book 1 of Urban, Cinematic, Degeneration” and “It Is Big And It Is Clever: Book 1 of A Punk Rock Hostile Takeover” are all available by Close To The Bone Publishing.