The Poetry Stash: 13December2024

On The Beach At Fontana by James Joyce

Today’s poem, “On The Beach At Fontana” by James Joyce inspired a muscial composition by Henry Dehlinger. To listen to the song, click here. To read the composer’s notes, click here.

The poem also inspired the group, Fall of Saigon, to create a project called “On The Beach At Fontana”. To watch and listen to their work, click here.

  On The Beach At Fontana by James Joyce  

    Wind whines and whines the shingle,
    The crazy pier-stakes groan;
    A senile sea numbers each single
    Slime-silvered stone.

    From whining wind and colder
    Grey sea I wrap him warm,
    And touch his fine-boned boyish shoulder
    And trembling arm.

    Around us fear, descending,
    Darkness of fear above;
    And in my heart how sweet unending
    Ache of love.

Prompts:

1.	Begin with “A senile sea…”
2.	Begin with “Around us fear…”
3.	Draft a poem that explores the relationship between parent and child.
4.	Draft a poem that describes a landscape.

5. Photo by stein egil liland via pexels.com. Use the image as a writing prompt.

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