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Sailing Race


Sailing Race 

by Robert Neest


They climb the scrubby cliff until the top 

And get to wide and greener level land 

With flower specks that mix into the grass 

To make a broad and lively coloured rug. 


Ahead they have the sea with lovely view 

That’s opening in front of their eyes: 

Beneath a blue and sunny summer sky, 

Dozens of boats were sailing in a race. 


One sees them small and moving through the sea 

As wind is blowing and inflates the sails, 

With people acting rapidly aboard 

And shouting to each other on the way. 


From where they stand, a sheer slope going down 

Is getting to the sandy crowded beach 

Where children play and go from side to side 

While their parents sit and talk apart. 


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