Simon Kewin

A collection of poems written over many years. The focus shifts from nature, to mythology, to travel, to growing up and growing old, each poem something like an island in an unknowable salt water ocean. For ours is a water world. Our planet's surface is 71% ocean, and we live our lives on islands in that great sea. Our planet should be called Ocean, not Earth. Our planet should be called Salt Water.
Salt water is mildly antiseptic and can be used to help clean and heal wounds. Salts and water are essential to our bodies' functioning. Taking a small amount of salt water can have health benefits, but drinking too much is dangerous. Drinking salt water will make you lose more water than you gain. Consume salt water slowly and carefully if you must. Full Contents:'Walking the HimalayaUnearthedThe Boy Who Climbed TreesBlackberryingWhere The Water RisesWhen We Were GiantsA Clock's First TickCoalminingCounting All The Bricks In ManchesterReplanting The Great Caledonian ForestAutumnalIn the Peak ForestMidwinter's DayRed KiteA Buzzard, on Landing on CarrionSafari SnapsStanding StonesThe Botany Of The British IslesEphemeropteraCrowhauntedSleeps Beneath The StreetsDreadnoughtLabbeastyrinthCalliope On The Street CornerOrpheus In The UnderpassMid-Atlantic DepressionsWords FailThe Bloody CoupA Sudden DistanceA Bright Wind