I PEER at Frith’s photograph
And although obviously in black and white
It’s clearly a summer scene
A man rows a boat to shore
I wonder what his thoughts were at this times
On a sultry day so long in the past
A stark reminder that nothing can last.
The men and women are overdressed
Adorned with caps and hats as children merrily paddle.
A lady shelters from the sun
Under an umbrella, her dreams long since gone.
Then I imagine I’m on the beach
And the Channel is blue, the vast sand gold
A stranger...amongst people of old.
Guy Fletcher
Pantmawr
Cardiff
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