English Harbour by John P. Drudge

The curving road

Winds down

Through jagged rocks

To the harbour

And the bright

Wooden houses

Along the shore

Where time stills

To a drip

And pilot whales

Hunt for capelin

In the shelter

Of an early morning fog

Below the cliffs

On the coast

With the sun

Creeping through

And the sea

Breaking dark blue

Beyond the bay

On another

Waking day

In Newfoundland

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John is a social worker working in the field of disability management and holds degrees in social work, rehabilitation services, and psychology.  He is the author of four books of poetry: “March” (2019), “The Seasons of Us” (2019), New Days (2020), and Fragments (2021). His work has appeared widely in numerous literary journals, magazines, and anthologies internationally. John is also a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee and lives in Caledon Ontario, Canada with his wife and two children.