Somerset Devon and Cornwall
Places I’ve never been
Something tells me they are beautiful
Pictures that I have seen
Far away from London
Away down south and west
Quiet places holiday haunts
A place to build a nest
England’s elongated leg
Land’s End at the foot
Little harbours here and there
Cliffs the sea abut
Misty moorland ponies
Cornish fisher folk
Lonely tin mines
Paths to walk
Strange Atlantic talk
No dark satanic mills down there
No dirty factories
No smoke or grime of industry
Just farms and fields and sea
I am sure they have their issues
As all of us must know
But it seems like heaven on earth to me
Why didn’t I ever go!
Brian Fahy
3 January 2022
Erris Poetry 