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I’ll hold your hand I wrote this song in response to Katy Bennett’s song, ‘Safe’. You can listen to the song on Katy’s website, where you can also find a free set of teaching resources: https://katyrosebennett.com/products/safe-free-song-resources This song is for Katy, in solidarity, and with love and thanks for all of her work to support theContinue reading “Cȃn newydd! / New song!”

Sunday: Melite You are still today.  Your silence surprises me.  Your expanse is like a huge looking glass for a mussel-sky.  You will give me today to do as I will.  Your calm is exciting.  I stride towards you.  You do not flinch and neither do I.  You bow and reach a hand to guideContinue reading “The Seven Seas”

Saturday: Glauke You are threatening and grey this morning.  You move restlessly, shades of grey dulling your dark blue.  I look to the horizon for some solace but the sky is downcast.  I stand at your edge and you tussle and shove, splashing in all directions.  I’m not sure whether you’re pissed off with me,Continue reading “The Seven Seas”

Friday: Thaleia You are radiant today.  You postulate, catching the shimmer of an obedient sun.  I am caught in admiration; you feign coyness.  Mesmerised I walk towards you.  Close up you lose nothing of your beauty.  You are flawless, deep blue and rouged by rays of light.  You undulate, grow and glow. I walk intoContinue reading “The Seven Seas”

Thursday: Protomedeia You are new and high this morning.  Intimidatingly high.  You have pushed aside the land: rocks, logs and sand shifted.  Anyone or anything in your way has been bulldozed or submerged.  You have ended your boundary dispute with your neighbours, you win.  I tiptoe on the narrow strip of land you have leftContinue reading “The Seven Seas”

Wednesday: Galateia You are playful this afternoon. I hear your giggle before I see you.  Your laughter ripples towards me.  You invite me to share the joke.  You are tipsy, your waves like the concertina collar of a court jester. You froth like sparkling wine.  You are so cordial that I almost forget my boundaries;Continue reading “The Seven Seas”

Tuesday: Aktaia You are low today.  It is as if you want to have a duvet day, hide from the world, go offline.  You present to me the sand.  Miles of it.  You seem to hope that the golden, soft expanse will distract like a precious jewel.   Meanwhile you have pulled back, away from me,Continue reading “The Seven Seas”

Nereus, Homer’s old man of the sea, was said to have over fifty daughters.  Collectively known as the Nereids, each daughter is attributed with a characteristic of the sea.  Monday: Oreithyia You are raging this morning. Furious. You spit, shout and throw yourself against the world. I admire your lack of restraint. I’m a bitContinue reading “The Seven Seas”