A QUIET ANCHORAGE

 

 Out there she floats where usually

 Only small craft are seen

 And the odd dolphin.

 

 A monster of a merchant ship

 Modern, business like

 No sign of a mast

 

 Carrying cars to Dublin

 According to the local paper

 Waiting for a berth.

 

 Meanwhile she has found

 A quiet anchorage;

 We stare through binoculars.

 

 Her name is California Highway

 Registered in Panama

 60,000 tonnes.

 

 Today she rests in Cardigan Bay

 West of Aberystwyth

 Not so far from the sun.

 

(c) David Subacchi