tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387667238687975467.post6230730429399094989..comments2024-03-26T14:40:52.346+00:00Comments on magpie bridge: LONDON CONVERSATION REVISITEDPaul Tobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14732771806819029077noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387667238687975467.post-1666970058510235882013-09-09T10:13:01.993+01:002013-09-09T10:13:01.993+01:00Thanks Carol, I appreciate your kind words.Thanks Carol, I appreciate your kind words.Paul Tobinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14732771806819029077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387667238687975467.post-30298718370192978142013-06-27T08:08:33.360+01:002013-06-27T08:08:33.360+01:00This is a brilliant poem...it's sad and evocat...This is a brilliant poem...it's sad and evocative at the same time. I felt, reading it, that I could ''see'' the river...as I used to when living in London. So much of the past is now being destroyed (as it always has been, one generation not valuing what another generation built)In London more so than anywhere else. I feel sad every time I visit to see historic buildings dwarfed by modern skyscrapers, as if we are saying: ''see, we're FAR more important than you.''Carol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.com