Budock Vean Repose

It is always a pleasure to stay at the Budock Vean Hotel. Helpful staff, wonderful food, and to top it all off it is a beautifully inspiring setting. Taking some time to relax is extremely important but the brain never switches off! It clunked about in its usual whirly way until it put thoughts into words. Below is a poem I have written that takes inspiration from the tranquil place and the reasons for us staying there. It would be a fantastic experience to be a writer in residence at this location, imagine a whole weekend or week spent by the river or in the grounds just soaking it all up and scribbling away...

Budock Vean Repose

Curves of wet stones and sediment
casually meander towards the space
where my feet look downwards,

they are contemplating (as they gaze)
about detatching themselves,
they long to be as free as the fish,

would they swim across the river,
tied to no master but an old
blue boat with wooden slats?

Each slat a tired calf muscle,
not as worn out as the feet though
who dream of bobbing in tandem,

they will steer a path along
the Helford Passage, no longer taking
the weight of travelling city roads,

demands are dissolved in the scenic frame
of forestry and froth, each toe bathing
in the ripples of Cornish sun