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ISSUE TWO: BY STONE. BY WOOD. BY WATER.
Sarah Wallis

Sarah Wallis

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We heard them long before we saw 

the squabblers hove into view one night, 

 

white bellied geese, lit from below, and flying 

tired – barely above the orange streetlights, 

 

following the coast road, the path 

of the moon sparkling frost on the sea, some innate 

 

scent of direction in the flock, argued routes

and shorelines, like us, stopped on the street 

 

just as they paraded overhead, transporting 

us someway to fairytale, we watched them turn 

 

and commit, wayfinding at last.  As they faded 

from view we read the map over again, 

 

and we too, committed once more to the path. 

 

 

 

 

 

Header Image Credit: Polly Pullar

Sarah Wallis
Sarah Wallis

Sarah Wallis is writer based on the East Coast of Scotland, 2023 works include poem art at Osmosis, podcasting with Eat the Storms and a winning story at The Welkin, new and forthcoming pieces at Green Ink and RockPaperPoem. A new chapbook Poet Seabird Island is due from Boats Against the Current next year, others include Medusa Retold, Precious Mettle and How to Love the Hat Thrower.