Ploom #053
Abhainn Shira
Martin Goldie
East,
beyond Loch Dochart, far below,
the Abhainn Shira lay,
like a bored child’s ribbon
discarded wanton
on a russet carpet.
Its silver glitter drew
my sleep-starved eyes,
blinking in the early morning sun,
to distant hills towering in hazy silhouette
above a tranquil pink-tinged loch,
like a herd of sleeping elephants.
‘Abhainn Shira’ by Martin Goldie, read by the author
Martin Goldie
Martin Goldie has been writing poetry for two years. His poems, inspired by the hills and lochs of South Cowal where he lives, have been published in Dreich, Wee Dreich, magazines and anthologies in the UK and abroad. A collection of his poems, Unshackled, was published in November 2022 by Seahorse Publications.