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Posts by richard mortimer

       brown Thames,       choppy
                underneath the bridge
          (in faded red and rusted white)

       above the wide and sweeping
              bend (by London Eye)
              clouds rise,     a mountain range
                       but moving almost
                                      imperceptibly

                 we turn,       and out past
                        Tower Bridge the sky is
           rippled solid grey       (a siren
                    scratches electronic fingernails
                            down Blackfriars Road)

    the water doesn’t lap
                                   it slaps the pilings
                         standing still in pairs,    truncated now,
                 the sad memorials of former
           and more elegantly decorative times

brown Thames, choppy underneath the bridge (in faded red and rusted white) above the wide and sweeping bend (by London Eye) clouds rise, a mountain range but moving almost imperceptibly we turn, and out past Tower Bridge the sky is rippled solid grey (a siren scratches electronic fingernails down Blackfriars Road) the water doesn’t lap it slaps the pilings standing still in pairs, truncated now, the sad memorials of former and more elegantly decorative times

I wrote this after the first time I used the station.

#poem #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

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Nice Pete, thanks

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Indeed

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It's an absolute beauty isn't it, always a pleasure

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Tomato, tomato

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Cheers, gotta love a peg

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Lovely

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When was the last time you 'told the time' with one?

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In Praise of the Dandelion

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Cheers J

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I should be so lucky

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It IS isn't it, and they are as glorious as ever they were

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It's a very good year for the dandelions. If you look closely, they're very beautiful.

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They should have called the station Calvary, Rainer, I see it every time I pass through

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Everyday Beauty or what!

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The Hedges of Stapleford as an alternative Daily Rothno

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The Houses of Sawston

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The Joy of Street Furniture, Sawston

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#TreesOnTuesday Stapleford

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Bus Painting with #TreesOnTuesday Sawston

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Bus Painting with The Houses of Sawston

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#ThickTrunkTuesday Sawston

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#TreesOnTuesday Sawston

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The Garages of Sawston, an occasional series

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#TreesOnTuesday with Today's Flowers are the Apple blossom

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#TreesOnTuesday Hackney Downs

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For The Love of Drains, Stapleford

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#TrainsOnTuesday Shelford

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#TrainsOnTuesday Shelford

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#TrainsOnTuesday Liverpool Street

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