The sun going down at the cliffs of Yesnaby. A lone sea stack stands as the waters swirl around it and the sun sink low in the sky

#Happiness

“I’ve made my own Museum of Happiness,” Stuart A. Paterson, Images by John Mowat

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The sun going down at the cliffs of Yesnaby. A lone sea stack stands as the waters swirl around it and the sun sink low in the sky
Image credit John Mowat
I’ve made my own Museum of
Happiness, which isn’t built of brick
or stone or wood, its walls the thickness
of the day, a flapping tongue of canvass
held in place by rope & peg to stop
it flying off & joyously away
up into everywhere in time & space.

From 'Happiness' by Stuart A. Paterson via The Scottish Poetry Library
a long view across the maritime heath covered in snow towards a lone sea stack in the water as the sun sinks low
close up of a jagged rock of a sea stack at Yesnaby with the sea in the background
A long view taking in the coast line of Yesnaby with its massive cliffs swirling seas and a sea stack with a hole through it near the base

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