Driftwood

DRIFTWOOD

What good is driftwood?

I’d tell you if I could.

Remains which are dead,

From a sea or river bed.

 

You’ll choke on the smoke,

You wood-burning folk.

For it is noxious when burned,

So I have learned.

 

Should you find driftwood,

After a high tide or a flood,

Don’t be swayed by its feel,

Or its gnarly appeal.

 

Let’s be frank, it’s the bank,

Not the decorative fish tank,

Where, might I suggest,

All tidewrack should rest.

 

But ask what good is driftwood,

If you have art in the blood.

Because with all natural resources,

It’s horses for courses.

 

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This week’s prompt is this photograph…

It is a driftwood sculpture of a horse by Heather Jansch, an artist renowned for her work in this medium. Her website is here… www.heatherjansch.com She is also the ex-wife of the recently deceased British folk musician Bert Jansch whose music I can’t recommend highly enough. This supplementary info is all part of the service at The Blog Up North.

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