Poem from the Lleyn Peninsula

Ed :We often ask for quotes or short poems to share with our readers, and Ann Jones sent in this one which we thought deserved an article of its own.

Our beautiful Chesapeake Bay Retriever/Labrador cross, Holly, was 6 months old when I wrote the following whilst we were on holiday with her for the first time on the Lleyn Peninsula.

WEBBED FEET

Holly clambered down the rocky path,
Eager for sand and play,
To retrieve the rope and drift-wood once more
And chase the gulls away.
She scampered along the flat sandy beach,
Her ears and paws held high,
When round a rocky pool she flew
And disappeared from sight!
The rock stood quietly in its watery moat
And from it came no sound,
Until round its darkened, creviced edge,
Came a gently paddling hound!
Deftly, she swam from the salty depths
Into the sunny shallow
Greeting her master after her FIRST SWIM
With a shake, a briny shower
And imprints of WEBBED FEET!

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