Name: Chpt. 1 CHILD - 02 The 3 Arches of the Old Spey Bridge (poem)
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Description: A poem written for 3 stages of my childhood, looking through the 3 arches of the Old Spey Bridge.

Chpt. 1 CHILD - 02 The 3 Arches of the Old Spey Bridge (poem)

from an t’Each Uisge [The Water-Horse] COMPLETE EDITION (All 5 Parts) by Hamish Napier

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A poem written for 3 stages of my childhood, looking through the 3 arches of the Old Spey Bridge.

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The 3 Arches of the Old Spey Bridge

A baby plopped on a riverbank beach
Lupins and picnic voices all around me,
The youngest and plumpest
Beneath the small arch.
Engrossed with red plastic bucket and spade
Fingertips numb with gravely sand
My mouth suddenly scrubbed clean
My eyes try to keep up with my running brothers.

Tiny trout tiddlers dart about
Swirling and shifting this way and that
In the calm pool
At the middle arch.
Deep amber ribbed sand with mika sparkling.
Mine green, my school pal’s blue
Our nets on long bamboo canes
Bend as they glide to catch the school.

In late summer level
I hop across the landlocked stepping stones
Oddly laid bare atop the cobbled riverbed
To the big arch.
The other teenagers brave a leap from the bridge
But I just glide into warmer shallows
Where the skins of countless Mayfly
Crust upon stony shelves.

HGN, 2023

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from an t’Each Uisge [The Water-Horse] COMPLETE EDITION (All 5 Parts), released October 5, 2023
Hamish Napier - poetry

Recorded by Hamish Napier

Edited, mixed & Mastered by Andres Gobbi at Carrier Waves and GloWorm Recording, Glasgow.

Produced by Hamish Napier & Andrea Gobbi

Photos, artwork and design by Somhairle Macdonald & Hamish Napier

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Hamish Napier Grantown On Spey, UK

Hamish is a multi-instrumentalist and composer from the Scottish Highlands.

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