Caroline Gill
Marazion
after Henry Besley’s Views of Cornwall c.1862
It is impossible, it seems, to prove
that Ictis island rose above Mount’s Bay,
between The Lizard and Lamorna Cove;
but Diodorus liked to have his way
that tin was carried when the tide was low,
in years before old Pytheas set sail.
St Michael’s great, grey rock is now
a graceful creature with a mermaid’s tail.
Although a causeway joins it to the land,
the tides of Lycidas roll in once more:
they sweep across the swathes of shifting sand,
and sever links between the mount and shore.
St Michael’s island rises from its waves
and wide horizons hint at days gone by,
when smugglers stashed their contraband in caves.
But did they weave their way through wreckers’ graves
in times when trains sent steam into the sky?
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