Polyptych

myopic clouds drift along
tight blue stretch sky
revealing
threshold to lintel

Sailboats 'Two Step'
To their mark on the beat.

cheesewired cliffs pitch
heaving stop framed
mooring
bay to headland

Sailboats glissade
On the wind power bent.

baulking sand underlines
footing wave assaults
gritting
soles to sanwiches

Sailboats pirouette
Gleaming deltoids sheet trim.

uncertain wallflower town
weighs up its options
pretending
arcade to quayside


I saw a triptych painting where a series of views were superimposes over a background. This experimental poem is from 1991 and is a view from Weymouth as a background with details of sailing yachts.