Continents in collision
Fracture revolving earth

With deeper layers upending a crack

On the low-tide beach pebbled by magma

Uncovering creation’s furnace to Coverack.

 

Seals and penguins
Adorn the Chynhall Cliffs

Showing off a sculptor’s knack

In ferro-concrete reinforced

To exhibit creative art to Coverack
 

 

                

                                                                             
                        One generation watches 
                        While another loads the rod

                        And casts a float of yellow and black

                        That disappears beneath secret shelves

                        Showing off family anglers to Coverack.

 

Smugglers dodge
Victoria’s excised customs

With contraband imported to stack

In thatched luxury on Church Street

Exposing history’s crime to Coverack.

 

Peter and Keverne
Watch over the waiting bay

With a pastoral team that knows no lack

Of sharing village joys and sorrows

Revealing today’s Christ to Coverack.

 

August 2009

 

Cameos of a visit to Coverack, celebrating its geologically significant coastline. The Terence Coventry Sculptures are near Chynall's Point. The coast is ideal for learning the art of fishing. Local saint Keverne stands alongside St Peter in the St Peter's Parish Church window. If the local vicar would have been concerned about 19th century smuggling, today's emphasis includes pastoral care. 

For more photographs of the visit see Cornwall 2009