Rock Pool Secrets
Quietly, lace edged waves sigh
Up to the cliff’s great ledge,
Where barnacled flint and chalk
Make up the rock pool’s edge.
Like unbrushed mermaid’s tresses
Seaweed fringes all the rocks,
Hiding beneath it secrets
For us explorers to unlock.
We’ll fill bright buckets with water
bend low to peer into pools,
Reflecting the sky and our faces,
Break the mirror to capture a jewel.
Our fingers brush conical limpets,
Plunge deeper to retrieve a prize,
Ignore splayed fingers of starfish,
What lies deeper and well disguised?
When glass is tumbled slowly
Through churning waves and sand
It turns sharp shards of danger
Into the jewel in your hand.
Hold it up to catch the sun light
Marvel at its colour and size –
A perfect nugget of sea glass
Ocean’s gift and rockpool surprise.
Up to the cliff’s great ledge,
Where barnacled flint and chalk
Make up the rock pool’s edge.
Like unbrushed mermaid’s tresses
Seaweed fringes all the rocks,
Hiding beneath it secrets
For us explorers to unlock.
We’ll fill bright buckets with water
bend low to peer into pools,
Reflecting the sky and our faces,
Break the mirror to capture a jewel.
Our fingers brush conical limpets,
Plunge deeper to retrieve a prize,
Ignore splayed fingers of starfish,
What lies deeper and well disguised?
When glass is tumbled slowly
Through churning waves and sand
It turns sharp shards of danger
Into the jewel in your hand.
Hold it up to catch the sun light
Marvel at its colour and size –
A perfect nugget of sea glass
Ocean’s gift and rockpool surprise.
This poem is copyright (©) Kit Weston 2026
About the Writer
Kit Weston
Former primary teacher and school librarian, Kit is an enthusiastic reader and creative writer, who runs poetry workshops for children. Living in The Garden of England, she takes inspiration from everything – though the natural world and the children she is privileged to teach do feature. Her poetry has appeared here (The Dirigible Balloon), Parakeet Magazine and has been used in schools from Tonbridge to Bristol! One of her poems has recently been translated into Croatian on behalf of JAR a Juvenile Arthritis Research charity, very close to her heart! You can find her @Kit_weston1.
