This poem is taken from Stand 237, 21(1) March - May 2023.

Stuart Henson Sea Holly
for Kevin Crossley-Holland at 80

Forget your laurels take instead this crown:
sea-holly, dry from the dune’s head—
spiked, silver, salted, wind-shred.

Sun’s aphrodisiac; a beach spread
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