Dancing Dust
	Poems by Mollie Caird (1922-2000)
	Travelling light
Home Alphabetic index of poems Thematic index of poems Biography Gallery Contact and links	I am travelling light, said the knapsack man, I have all my needs in my pack: One clean shirt (Beware of dirt), Old teddy-bear Since childhood there, My rabbit’s foot, a lucky find, My bible, best bits underlined; These, my essential muster, Are securely strapped to my back. I am travelling light, said the wandering woman, I have hands, eyes, memory To gather, let fall Shell, curlew call, Fish, fossil, flower, The day, the hour. I comb the beach, I comb the earth; One lesson I have learnt of worth ― That pebbles lose their lustre Unless daily washed by the sea. Undated The Dancing Dust and other poems, 1983