Gladding

Gladding

A Poem by Neville
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Check it out on YouTube or feel free to ask if interested ..

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Gladding



From the cliff tops and harbour


at dawn or dusk


we may still be seen squatting


and gladding ..


While to my right, the Holms,


both steep and flat do rise ..


Religiously with each new day


and the tides ..


Tho always angry, vicious and


cold they be


the grey remnants of waves


that repeatedly spit, laugh and


lap at our ankles


while we squat here, like twats,


on our haunches ..


Today though, no more than


a handful of old Watchet lads


armed to the teeth tho’


with terriers and stout sticks,


go poking and probing in eel pits,


found only around here-abouts ..


Yes here, tween the razor-edged


rocks and the out tide ..


Some still go gladding for conger


with nowt on their minds


but to fill, the kids bellies at supper ..

© 2022 Neville


Author's Note

Neville
Gladding is an old near extinct activity designed to catch conger eels from rock pools, it is only very rarely practiced nowadays and now only near to where I live .. If interested, try Googling .. there is a great vintage B&W YouTube footage of it in practice .. Let me know what you think .. The two Holms Steep & Flat referred to are islands with loads of history .. You can Google them too ..

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So atmospheric is this write. Taking your readers back to times gone by when patience was needed to ensure that empty bellies would be fed. Never heard of gladding before. Never sampled eels either. I am wondering what they taste like? Your author notes were interesting to read. I might just take a look on utube. Have a good Sunday Neville.

Chris

Posted 1 Year Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Neville

1 Year Ago


Thanks Chris .. eels in a sorrel sauce is lovely .. and as far as checking for that old foot.. read more



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So atmospheric is this write. Taking your readers back to times gone by when patience was needed to ensure that empty bellies would be fed. Never heard of gladding before. Never sampled eels either. I am wondering what they taste like? Your author notes were interesting to read. I might just take a look on utube. Have a good Sunday Neville.

Chris

Posted 1 Year Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Neville

1 Year Ago


Thanks Chris .. eels in a sorrel sauce is lovely .. and as far as checking for that old foot.. read more
maybe it is because i am reading Heaney but this little gem of yours really caught my attention Nev. an old masters feel to it.

Posted 1 Year Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Neville

1 Year Ago


thank you kindly Ken .. how very kind of you sir ..

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Gone West folks....., United Kingdom



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