Dogger Fisher German Bight
Sweet sounds to fall asleep
The sea area forecast
Around our island keep
Thames Dover Portland
Keep the Froggies out
Sweep around our blessed isle
Our beautiful redoubt
Fastnet Lundy Irish Sea
The problematic Celt
Sweep between us keep us safe
A maritime black belt
Rockall Malin Hebrides
Highlanders ye ken
We sent them off to Canada
Are they back again?
But now another enemy
Sweeps in from the sea
Coastal erosion robs us of
The place where land should be
The sea that was our safety net
Our refuge from all harm
Is now become an enemy
And one we cannot calm
Better make friends with neighbours then
Foreign policy
When selfish isolation
Falls into the sea
Brian Fahy
1 January 2022
Erris Poetry 