Sea Rocket by Jake Morris-Cambell Photo by Johannes Rapprich on Pexels.com 5,000 miles in a 747 have taken you to Harris Beach, Oregon, to find Sea Rocket by the boardwalk where nobody will ever know your name and the place you’ve come from: Seaburn, where the same genus of plant stowed perchance in cargo holds to unfurl in spores at Hendon Docks now protrudes from dunes by the North Sea which you know doesn’t know your name. Later, looking into the window front of the Brookings branch of the Democrats you’re mistaken for an eager voter who shares a common belief in free access to public health care. Pineapple Weed grows in the slats of paving here, too—the way it does on the Ash path where your parents live. Some things you know the names for, others you’re yet to learn. About the Author: Jake Morris-Campbell is a writer, critic and tutor based in Tyne & Wear. He has published two pamphlets of poetry: The Coast Will Wait Behind You (Art Editions North) and Definitions of Distance (Red Squirrel Press). This poem is from a sequence written for Stringing Bedes: A Poetry and Print Pilgrimage, a Heritage Lottery Funded project which linked the twinned Wearmouth-Jarrow monasteries in 2015-16. jakecampbell1988.blogspot.com Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading... Published by fragmentedvoices A small, independent press based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, and Prague, the Czech Republic View all posts by fragmentedvoices