A ‘Reading for Wellbeing’ recommended read!
Crossing the loch by Kathleen Jamie (in Modern women poets edited by Deryn Rees-Jones)
I find this poem evocative of things I feel strongly and positively about: lochs, shorelines, being in a group and overcoming challenges together and the exhilarating feeling of having been close to perilous circumstances (especially in the face of nature) and pulling through and feeling and appreciating the relative sense of safety.
I love the evocation too of the other worldliness of nature on a moon filled night and the amazing stillness and soundlessness of the loch-side.
There is a sense of nostalgia and reflection on this snapshot of the past that could be moments from our own histories. The timelessness of nature’s evolution is set against memories of people and friendships of the past being cherished.
