Friday, 15 May 2020

A Walking Sonnet

The lake so wide upon the mount's short peak
and hill, or mound; that ancient strength long spent
where lords once sat, to rule on tallest seat
unseen; us lost to talk, in our descent. 

Or bridge, the Cam to cross, at mountain's end
Mary's old scholar Lodge; or its named way. 
Walking high above boats that punters tend
To take tourists along the town's fairways  

The passage of two names, to widen out 
Cobble and stone; a grandeur that I hate. 
That place, I try always to mess about;
Brighten the mood, then quicken, don't be late. 

O Duroliponte, your concrete heart
These bare stone steps, all your broken old parts. 

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