Emerging from the Tube you clothe me
with dusty breath and ambient noise
I feel you living restlessly
lifeforce surging through centuries
pulsing through busy streets
I turn a corner and a garden churchyard
filled with lunchers and tourists
leads me to rest
Leaving you in a plane I reach down
pet your raised questioning head
sooth and smooth your black silky fur
I have run from you as you’ve
preyed upon my soul my heart
your begging eyes always
bring my return
Copyright © 2020 Kim Whysall-Hammond
My love poem to my old home town, lying quietly at present, but she will shake off the blues and arise……
Home is always there, under everything else; even when its been left far behind, we take it with us. I especially love the second stanza, and the personification of the city as a loved dog–brilliant. I hope your wishes for her, which somehow are for all of us, come true.
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Thanks! The recent photos of an empty Trafalgar Square are eerie.
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I love the idea of reaching down to pat the head of your beloved town. I feel the same way about Tofino – such love. Yes, London has quiet streets now. But heroic people, and she will rise again.
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Thank you Sherry. Having been to Tofino, it is a lovely place.
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I’ve only visited London once, about two years ago, and even I miss it. Tonight I’ll be writing about the Rosetta Stone which I saw at the British Museum.
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Oh, for some unknown reason I love that stone. When I was studying Astronomy at UCL, I would pop into the museum most lunchtimes to see it (and take in free Egyptoloy lectures). I look forward to reading what you write about it…..
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I love the image of the city connected to the love of a dog. There is joy in that…she will rise again and breathe life again…may it be so
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She’s outlasted Plague several times, after all…….
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My old hometown too! You’ve captured the atmosphere perfectly in the opening stanza. Now I will only see our capital city as a black Lab!
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Don’t try to take it for a walk……
😉
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😊
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