A poem about magical Keem Bay (Achill Island, County Mayo, Ireland) aired on West Wilts Radio's The Poetry Place program. Hosted by Dawn Gorman and Peter O'Grady, the program series features poets from near and far. On July 28, 2024, the fine poetry of Jean Atkin and Susan Jordan was showcased.
Views Go is presented at minute 30.39 minutes into the recording. Here's a link to the hour-long program -- The Poetry Place with Jean Atkin & Susan Jordan #55_28/7/24 – West Wilts Radio
And, here's the poem --
Views Go
From waves splendid as open
To hither sounds inside you
Promised as far as sheep ledges blue
And with gathering songs of grasses
For harmonies of sand --
Yes to become Keem
And to give today what it wants
As wings pray
Or buckets and gods
Or hills twist in mist
With what’s tossed overhead
This vast view or seep-through
That rhymes in beyond
And as such times on whistles rise
In wind’s pie
Towards tilted ledge and anchors
Or as weeds call to longing
And with clouds bright on knees --
How this gift of away looks like yes
Like Keem
And so it seems
When every squint every yes
When every purpose or plan
Flies forth
Is Keem
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