White Horses
The hovercraft have long gone, Pegwell Bay, is now a little bit of wilderness on our east Kent coast. When a storm rolls in, the sea can be whipped up into a frenzy, it is mesmerising to watch cascades of waves rolling in with the tide, and on those windy days, white horses are seen and heard aplenty galloping across the bay.
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The waves are mesmerising today
Rolling in a rhythmic way.
The other day they were full of rage
A rage whipped up by a storm
With winds that wouldn't conform.
Outside the bay white horses paced
waiting for the tide, to race, as the
wave master let loose its stay
White horses charged across the bay
White salty manes, abounding
In the surf, hooves pounding
For now, the winds have eased and
the horses have taken their leave.
- White Horses
- Pegwell Bay
- Kent
- UK