Words by Alden Carrow We’re told that quiet towns are hiding something. That if a place looks peaceful, there must be a body buried under the floorboards. Switch on any prestige drama and you’ll find a sleepy village whose real story is murder, scandal, or rot. I want to suggest the opposite. That the quiet of a market town isn’t a cover-up — it’s the achievement, and the poetry of place is hiding in plain sight, right there on the surface. Cornwall In Verse - Tide To Tor In