Polly in Print
   
                                   Near college quads of academe on kennet banks I gently dream
                                 of endless coffee - freshly brewed Polly Tearooms - cups renewed.
                                   Snatching briefly wistful hour creamy cakes and scones devour
                                    having walked the lengthy street fellow scholars warmly greet.
                                   I hear a chuckle from Sir John time, they say, now marches on
                              through slyvan groves to Savernake by Wiltshire bus - all crimson lake.
                               I will explore the country lanes and churches with their weathervane's
                                catching sounds of evensong borne on the wind  - October strong. 
   
                                                              © Steve Glason - Norfolk
 
 
         
                                                                 The Polly in Winter

                                                     The snow sprinkles over the flat roof
                                                  and like icing through a seive flying gently
                                                              on some hot mince pies
                                                        and the soft wind whispers softly
                                                                  winter at the polly
                                                                  winter at the polly
                                                                     nothing more
                                                                      nothing less
                                                            lovely saches on a dress
                                                                 winter at the polly

                                        Snow men act like the little figures on the iced cake
                                                                in the show window
                                                       and the soft wind whispers softly
                                                                  winter at the polly
                                                                  winter at the polly
                                                                     nothing more
                                                                      nothing less
                                                             lovely saches on a dress
                                                                 winter at the polly

                                             The snow swirls round in the wind like the cake
                                                     mixture being mixed round in a bowl
                                                      and the soft wind whispers softly
                                                                  winter at the polly
                                                                  winter at the polly
                                                                     nothing more
                                                                      nothing less
                                                             lovely saches on a dress
                                                                 winter at the polly

                                         The steam from the mince pies rises to kiss the sky
                                              like the frosty steam from the hard ground
                                                     and the soft wind whispers softly
                                                                 winter at the polly
                                                                 winter at the polly
                                                                    nothing more
                                                                     nothing less
                                                            lovely saches on a dress
                                                                 winter at the polly

                                                 © Sebastian Tindall-Guignard    Aged 11 
       
 
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