A.C. Clarke
On the Trundle
If you climb up the chalk track
to where the lookouts must have stood
commanding the sweep of the land
from coast to hills and back
you will see, as they did, the grey-whale Island
breaching waves to the west,
how the sea rolls to the sky under summer mist
until they blur. Larks will ascend
crying alarm in a spiralling refrain
which sounds like celebration. Turn your eyes
south, you will see a spire lifting its praise
to heaven. Eastwards, out of the plain
a white tower rises tall enough to steer
the war-time transports by, their bellies full
of homing soldiers. North, by the hill-fort wall,
two radio masts, ears cocked to hear
the universe. You will find it strange
to stand here thinking of your ancestors,
wondering how far again in years to come
the outlook will change.
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