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Writer: Claire Gibb
Claire Gibb
Sep 7
1 min read

Updated: Sep 13

Four oystercatchers

squeak-squeak-squabbling again

at Stevenston Point


Between them

one stubborn clam

unmoved


we pause as we pass them


my dog

has no time

for gossip


ears splayed

blonde wings

at her temples


she dives her long body

into rough yellow grasses


I call out

warn her

again

about ticks


she takes no notice


Ailsa Craig

our local Olympian

looks this way


I wave


but

she is busy

with gannets



Poem note

Written at Stevenston Point, North Ayrshire. A spoken-word poem by Claire L. Gibb about home, belonging and the familiar characters of the Ayrshire coast.

Published 24 August 2026.

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