In the Beginning by Ewart Richards

Gulls soar above the rocky shore
Where crows poke and prod for carrion
and winkles.
Off shore three masted barques await the incoming tide
To carry cows, sheep, barrels of butter and cheese
To distant shores

All around the estuaries of the Taff and Ely
Ancient meadows and woodlands are surveyed.
In the hamlets and alehouses men talk of coal
iron and steel, as they wait in anticipation
for the navvies and steam driven machines
to build the docks,
that will transform their lives.